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welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
podcast!
let me do that again
welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
podcast!
podcast!
now I'm going to try it with this one
welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast!
podcast!
no wait, it didn't work
why didn't it work?
I don't know why
it's an input
oh
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no, I can
I can just do this
alright
alright
alright
uh
welcome to
Kevin's English Room
Podcast!
that was good
yeah that was pretty good
but mine was equally as good
I prefer
I personally prefer your one
yours
thank you
this one is a reverb
it's a reverb
it's just
and yours are echoing
it's two different ones
I prefer the
ah, alright, so mine's better
[laughter]
[laughter]
I'm going to read
two messages
or
one
or one, yeah, whichever
but it's a kind of thank you
message
so
hello Kevin and Yama-chan
I'm always looking forward
to listening to your podcast and YouTube videos
from Seattle
wow, thank you
I hope you guys see my message
I'm working as a glass maker
wow
it's unique
yeah
[speaking Japanese]
[speaking Japanese]
I'm also an instructor of an English class experience. I didn't study English in my own language at school.
And I still don't have confidence in speaking English.
But I forget that I have to work on my computer.
I do some teaching and when I answer questions from my visitors,
They understand that it makes sense and my story is understood.
I'm surprised. Have you ever felt the same way?
Also, my colleague lived in France.
So he said that the expression "it gets cold" in France is not "gets cold" but "gets dried".
It's interesting that there is a difference in the expression.
I'm looking forward to your podcast.
I'm rooting for you from Seattle.
Wow. Cool.
Now we are from Seattle.
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Seattle was the first Starbucks store.
Found it in Seattle.
There are so many huge companies in Seattle, right?
I believe so.
Can you think of any?
Yeah. Like, you know, so many.
There are a lot of them, right? Seattle-based.
Yeah. So many huge ones.
Major companies. Changing the world.
Like Starbucks.
Starbucks. Definitely. I use them all the time.
I love Starbucks.
Like those tech companies.
The tech companies, right?
The startups and everything. That huge one.
That basically changed the world.
Yeah. Like, you know, the Facebook kind of.
The Facebook kind of, right? The Google kind of.
Yeah. I get you, man. I get you.
Yeah. That's what I want to...
You know, the headquarter of innovations.
Yeah. I love that.
I mean, Silicon Valley is over now.
Yeah. It's in Seattle.
So.
Alright.
I guess that's true.
Now I'm actually really curious to like...
Can you say something?
Like, Starbucks.
Sorry. I completely don't remember of any.
But I'm sure there are some three or four huge companies.
In Seattle.
Whoa. Alright.
As of December 2021, the Seattle metropolitan area is home to 10 Fortune 500 companies.
Amazon.
Amazon.
Costco.
Costco.
Microsoft.
Starbucks.
Picard.
I don't know what that is.
You don't know?
That's a French one.
PACCAR.
P-A?
P-A-C-C-A-R.
PICAR?
Oh, sorry. I don't know that.
Alright.
Clothing merchant.
Nordstrom?
I've heard of it, but I've never...
Never worn it or...
Okay.
Never pronounced it.
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
What's that?
Do you know how to pronounce it?
What company is that?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
Weyer-Huser?
I don't know.
Yeah.
Expeditors International and Alaska Airlines.
Alaska Airlines?
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Alaska Airlines based in...
Seattle.
Seattle.
Why not in Alaska?
I don't know.
Okay.
Yeah.
So many, right?
Yeah.
They got Amazon.
Microsoft.
Costco.
Yeah.
Revolutionary.
Yeah, that's what I wanted.
Yeah, exactly.
That's what you're looking for.
I was mentioning.
You were never wrong.
Right?
Yep.
Yeah.
All right.
And she had a question, I believe?
Yep.
That was...
That was...
That was your question.
Okay.
Don't stare.
Don't stare.
I have.
Because, you know, when I went to France, and, you know, just like her, I haven't studied,
like, you know, properly.
I went there and tried to speak and tried to catch all that language and tried to speak,
communicate.
Yeah.
And then, some, you know, moment come that, you know, my story, you know, get understood.
Yeah.
And I was like, "Oh, I did it."
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
So, yeah.
Yes.
I have one too.
You have one?
Yes, I have one too.
Okay.
I was...There was...Several years ago, I was trying to buy things from China, aka Alibaba,
and then sell it on Amazon.
Yeah.
Right?
And I had to contact Chinese suppliers.
Oh, wow.
And I was emailing them in English.
In English, yeah?
Yeah.
So...
And they...
We were able to successfully communicate.
And that was when I was like, "Oh, wow."
Because that was the first time I actually communicated with, you know, with a non-Japanese,
non-English-based someone, right?
So, it was...It really felt like the first time I was communicating with, like, someone
who's out of my comfort zone area.
Yeah.
So, that was a...Yeah, a similar experience.
Oh, that's cool.
Yeah.
Yes.
Yeah.
So, that was one of those experiences.
Yes.
Yes, we do.
Cool.
Yes, we do.
Okay.
Okay.
I'm going to read one more, you know, message.
Okay, sure.
It's also like, "Thank you," kind of...
Oh, thank you.
Message.
Yes.
And...
[Japanese]
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Yeah.
But not bad.
Yeah.
[Japanese]
Okay.
[Japanese]
Wow.
[Japanese]
I wonder what kind of phrases is running in her head.
Yeah.
I really wonder.
And I wonder which of the phrase that were helpful the most.
Yeah.
Hope that's not something weird.
Yeah.
I mean, like, there are some, you know, phrases that I say that would make a business talk
so awkward.
Yeah.
You know?
Yeah.
It's inappropriate.
Yeah.
So, hope you're choosing the right one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's...
True.
That's so true.
Like, you know, that's a natural catching method, you know, that we came through.
Absolutely.
Same way.
Yes.
But one huge problem of this is the situation, you know?
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
I went to that high school, like, local high school in France and catch all the French
from them.
So, my French is kind of really like local high school French.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, if I bring this into, like, business meeting, it will be, like, you know, a little different.
You know, sounds natural.
Yeah.
But not, you know, suitable to the meeting, you know?
Yeah.
So, that's actually a big, you know, downside.
Yeah.
When you naturally catch those languages.
I actually know so many people with that struggle of, like, I used to live in the States when
I was young.
Yeah.
But moved to Japan, so my English is all young.
Yeah.
So, high school English.
Yeah.
Like, "gyaru" English.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I know so many people with that.
Yeah.
So, I think what I did to overcome that, because I was never, when I, like, I came to Japan
from high school, so, like, I have a similar kind of background.
Yeah.
I just watched so many of, like, shows.
Shows.
Films.
Films.
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Like, Netflix dramas, Hollywood movies, and try to, like, understand the more matured
English.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's necessary, actually.
Yeah.
Yeah.
That's a good one.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So, for those who trying to learn English from this podcast, please be careful about
that.
Please be careful about that.
We are, you know.
It's nothing formal.
Very casual.
Friend English speaking.
Yes.
Yes.
Right.
That's right.
Yeah.
So, if you want to, you know, use business English, please, like, go and, you know, go
and see those movies, maybe.
Yeah.
Like, Suits.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I watch Suits.
That's very business-y.
Yeah.
But Suits is very...
Difficult?
It uses a lot of slang.
Ah.
Okay.
The same, maybe.
Yeah.
It's so, like, aggressive.
Ah, really?
They're always...
Suits is always...
They're so mad in every episode.
Ah, really?
Yeah.
Okay.
So, that's not suitable, then.
Yeah, not suitable.
Yeah.
I used to watch...
The Office.
I watched The Office.
Ah, okay.
Oh, that's a good one.
Yeah.
Not...
You've seen The Office before?
Yeah, you recommended to me and you see some short clips, you know?
Yeah.
Office...
Not, like, crazy conversation.
It's always a daily, usual...
It's daily, usual...
Adult conversation.
Yes.
But it's a comedy film, so it's just...
There's some nuances to that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, it's the same thing when you meet somebody from abroad who've been watched
Japanese animes.
Ah.
Japanese samurai animes.
And...
Oh, yeah.
Someone, you know, who are really fluent Japanese but samurai way, you know?
So funny.
That's really, you know...
That guy is really fluent.
Yeah.
But, you know, not suitable for that situation.
True.
It's the same thing, you know?
I can't think of any suitable situation with that, like, way of talking.
Yeah.
So if you, you know, immerse yourself into that, you know, anime, then you get anime
Japanese, anime language.
It's true.
It's true.
If you, like, deeply into, you know, like, high school, then you get high school English.
That's it.
That's the ups and downs.
Yeah.
But quite fluent.
It's gonna set book someday.
Because that's what they do in the film.
Yeah.
Wow.
All right.
Okay.
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That was a good one.
Yeah.
Okay.
Thanks for listening, guys.
Yep.
Thank you.
