Celiac, dyspraxia, sporran, ricochet, hypochondriac, cheugy, mausoleum, flab… how many of these English words do you - as a non-native English speaker - know? Similar question for the native English speakers again: any of these words that you are not aware of?

These are just a sample of words in the English language that your host Kuan-wen has acquired through doing comedy, mostly from observing other comedians’ routines. More than just getting exposed to new words, your host explains why he believes doing comedy in English has multiple advantages when it comes to learning the language, that you do not need to wait until your English is considered “perfect” before you can starting trying out English comedy.

(*Yeah, this is kind of a filler episode with no guests)

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00:32 Intro

01:27 Outline for this episode

02:22 Reasons for another monologue episode

04:01 Learning the English language through performing comedy in English - an analogy

06:21 An advantage for non-native English speakers who perform comedy in English

07:43 Performing in English forces performers to listen to themselves how they speak

09:17 Learning a more natural/wholesome English through doing comedy

11:40 Learning about another culture - a wider group of people one gets in contact with

12:54 Musicians having lighter accents

13:34 Pursuit of specificity in comedy helps grow one’s vocabulary

14:35 List of words Kuan-wen learned from other comedians’ comedy sets:

• celiac
• dyspraxia
• sporran
• ricochet (from Ken Cheng)
• hypochondriac
• catharsis
• cheugy (from Shalaka Kurup)
• mausoleum (from Pete White)
• flab (from Adam Riley)
• necrophilia

23:48 Four comedy gigs with vastly different audiences within three days - a mixed crowd with many Mandarin speakers; a crowd of French speakers; a crowd of a provincial English town; a crowd with mixed European punters

28:48 Podcast listener statistics Jan-Mar 2025

30:58 Upcoming episodes

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