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Zeitgeist Banana episodes
- Tea, the English Language, George Orwell and Pretending to be Chinese
The history of tea, tea idioms, how to make a good cup of tea, what did George Orwell say, The opium wars and going under cover in China. All this in the latest podcast with John
31 min - English proverbs Eating Live Frogs and Making Friends with the Devil
All about (mostly) English proverbs with a smattering or of sayings from far flung places such as Russia, China and Japan.
29 min - Coffee, the English language, little Browns and Swedish prisoners
Why do almost all coffee terms in English come from Italian? We discuss some English equivalents. We take a look at the history of coffee, colloquial words and coffee idioms.
21 min - Grammatical mistakes what Native English Speakers Make + Johnny Depp's tattoo
Me and Jon (or is it Jon and I?) look at 'grammatical mistakes' made by native English speakers but are they really grammatical mistakes? We also catch up with language news with a discussion about Johnny Depp's tattoo.
22 min - Zeitgeist Banana, Cellar Door and Stories of Unusual Etymologies of English Words
In this podcast we talk about the unusual origin of some English words plus you'll learn all about "cellar door" and "zeitgeist banana" Thank you to Jon for joining me in this podcast. Here's the link to his podcast
https://www.montyenglish.co.uk/english-language-podcast I'll be joining Jon as a guest on his podcast soon.
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About Zeitgeist Banana
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We're about the English language. What we love about it, what we hate about it. If you're learning English or you have an interest in our bastard tongue then this is for you.