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Podcast #9: The Glasgow Nickname Game
I don't know why, but Glaswegians (people from Glasgow, Scotland) love giving nicknames to official places. These could be monuments, buildings, statues, or even other towns nearby. The point is that these names are light-hearted: they're chose for fun and to make you...
A 5-minute guide to YouTube’s best kept listening skill secret
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a detailed blog post about videos and transcripts, interactive or not. A big chunk of the post was about where to find and how to use YouTube interactive transcripts. After I wrote the post, and added a ton of images, I thought - why...
Podcast #8: What It Sounds Like To Be Scottish
The Scottish accent. The one that you find pretty much incomprehensible. I'm here to tell you that it's not that bad. There are in fact many variants of the Scottish accent across Scotland. In this podcast episode, I introduce you to four typical Scottish accent...
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