Hello. Hello. Hey, sweet people. Welcome to another episode of The only English podcast that quite literally has no structure, no topic. Hey, Alexia. How are you doing?
We have structure.
No. I was just thinking to 2 days ago, I believe, the day before yesterday, I listened to an interview with Jerry Seinfeld. You know who that is?
Of course.
All Brazilians know who Seinfeld is. Right?
If they don't, please Google.
Okay. So Seinfeld was a very popular show in the nineties, I guess. And everyone said, including Jerry Seinfeld, that it's a show about nothing. Like every episode, there's really no plot. There's nothing happens, but it's a great show. Sometimes I think of English that way.
Yeah. Yeah. Because I think that we do it as natural as possible. So, yeah. There you go. I would love to be like Jerry Seinfeld.
So Yeah. And I would recommend highly recommend this interview with Jerry Seinfeld. It is on the Tim Ferris podcast. Alexia, put that in the show notes.
Okay. Felipe, remember to put on the show notes. Just one thing. Did you know that Jerry Seinfeld has a book now?
He has a lot of books, and he has a new one. Yeah. That's why he's appearing on a lot of podcasts. Yes. I know that. Of course, I know that. Okay.
Speaking about podcast, What are we talking about today?
Today, we are continuing our conversation about words that are really difficult for Brazilians to pronounce, or at least words that I personally have to correct on a daily basis. And today we are going to talk about social media, about platforms, about like things on the Internet, that kind of thing. Yeah. Okay. So, I think we did an episode about how to pronounce like basic social media stuff Maybe 500 episodes ago. So I think we need an update and, yeah, we have some new stuff here. Yeah.
But I
think it's fun to talk about.
I would start with the most basic one that we need to know how to say it is Internet.
Mhmm. That's a great one. Okay. Can you say that word for me, Alexia?
Internet.
Okay. Internet. 1st, most Brazilians, not all of you, but many of you have the tendency to say Internet
Internet.
There is no at the end. So the last sound, Internet.
Internet.
And, if we are speaking normally, like in a fast conversation with my friends, I do not say, I'm going to browse the Internet. I say, oh, I'm gonna get on the Internet. Internet. Yeah. But what I'm trying to highlight is we do not say the first T, we do not say Internet. We say Internet.
Internet, in in in an air. What?
Okay. So imagine the word inner, like your inner soul.
Inner. Inner. Internet.
And then just add at the end. Internet.
Internet.
Internet.
Internet.
Yes. Oh
my God. I am entering my SONET, Internet.
You are entering your what?
SONET, net. Internet.
So net.
So net.
Key keys.
Your inner net. Yeah. Internet.
Exactly. Internet. Internet. We could have
All my life was changed right now. Internet. Okay. I'm gonna go on the internet and find the best Airbnb for us. Internet.
Yes. And just to clarify, I am 100% positive that the last time we talked about social media, we did this exact same thing, which is a testament to the fact that repetition is important.
Internet. Perfect.
Perfect. You can always say, Internet. Sometimes I do when I'm speaking a little bit more slowly, or I really want to be clear, or articulate something, but most of the time I say Internet.
Internet.
That's wonderful. Great job, Emma.
Google, Internet. Okay.
Yeah. Okay. So let's talk about the big ones. The big social media giants that pretty much rule our lives. Where do you wanna start?
Spotify. Spotify?
Yeah. Okay.
Spotify rule our lives. So
What do you mean? Spotify rules our lives. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
I
think most Brazilians, I hear them say something like, SPOTIFY.
SPOTIFY.
Yeah. So, two things to think about here. First, the first vowel sound is, Ah, spa. Just like I'm going to the spa to get a massage.
Spa. Spotify. Spotify.
Excellent. Excellent. So on Spotify, you can listen to music. Mhmm. And you can also listen to podcast.
Yes. And it's kind of like a radio.
Okay. A lot of material here. 1st, on Spotify with almost all platforms when we're talking about the Internet or the Internet.
And so you you said it.
Yeah. Don't worry about it too much. In English, we change between pronunciations all of the time. Both pronunciations are correct.
Just to make our lives easier.
But we almost always use the preposition on. So we are on Facebook. We have videos on YouTube. Check out my profile on LinkedIn, on Instagram, etcetera. Secondly, you can listen to our podcast on Spotify. Listen to almost. I would say 80 percent of our students say, Oh, I listen your podcast.
Me included. I always forget the chair.
In that case, I would say myself included.
Myself included.
How would you say that in Portuguese? Portuguese is so much easier. My self included my dear. Okay. So we listened to things in English. In American English, we say Podcast. So the first vowel sound, again, is the Ah sound. Just like, Platu, Chatu, podcast. Podcast. I hear almost everyone say some version of Even our sweet, sweet Philippe still says podcast, or something like that.
In American English, we say pod. Perhaps in British English or other dialects, they say a podcast or something. In America, we say podcast.
Indiana States of America podcast.
Yes. And we also say radio.
Radio show.
Yes. So, we do not say had you. We do not say, or had you. We do not say, radio or We say radio.
Radio.
Okay. Any questions about that? No. Okay. If we're talking about the word radio, I think it makes sense to talk about the word video. Video. This is another word that I just hear Brazilians almost just use Portuguese pronunciation and say, video. But in English we say, vid
e o. Video.
So first we have a hard d sound, vid, and then we really exaggerate the o at the end. Video. Video. Okay. Any questions about all of that, Alexia?
I'm fine. It's a lot.
That was a lot. I'm sorry. Sometimes I get very excited about these things.
So on YouTube, you post videos. On Spotify, you can post audios for your podcast.
Correct.
Okay.
That's another good word. Audios. I always, always. My goodness. If you give me a dollar every time a Brazilian says,
Felipe, you and I.
Do, you guys say that?
We used to, and then you were like, it's audio. Audio.
Audio. Yeah.
And now we say it correctly.
So imagine this a u combination in English. Most of the time, these two sounds combine together and they produce the sound. So very similar to a sound that you have in Portuguese, like, audio. Audio. Perfect. Video. Video. Nice.
Okay.
Okay. More questions, Alexia.
I don't have any.
Okay. I think this was a good start. I think we can probably do another episode on social media. So I don't go too crazy today. Yeah. But for now, you can listen to our podcast on all podcast platforms.
Platforms.
Platforms. Yes. It is not platform Platform.
Platform.
Excellent. So wherever you get your podcasts, you can listen to English no crujaju on Spotify, on Apple Podcasts,
on Deezer.
Deezer.
Google Podcasts. ITunes.
I think Google Podcasts actually closed.
ITunes. I'm still announcing it. I don't know. Yes.
My Anywhere. My favorite podcast app. I just wanna give a quick shout out to Pocket Cast.
Pocket Cast.
We see the statistics of what platforms people listen to our podcast on, And most people listen to our podcast on Spotify. I think the second is iTunes or Apple, And I think it's like 0.1% listen on pocket cast. And I think it's just me and Felipe. But if you are, are a serious podcast listener, pocket cast is the best podcast player that exists in my personal opinion as a professional podcaster and as someone that listens to way too many podcasts. Okay.
So put that in the show notes as well. Pocket cast and Jerry Seinfeld interview. Keep listening to us on all these different platforms. We love you guys, and we will see you in the next episode.
Bye.