Thank you for your input. One of the problems with Slang is that it can be very localised and specific to a certain group of people or location, so making one lesson cannot cover all the slang terms. In fact I could probably make a dozen lessons about North American Slang terms and another dozen about UK slang. The other factor is that Slang is constantly changing, with new terms appearing almost by the month! I will return to this subject again. Cheers! (Misterduncan)
Yes you are right. "Take it easy" can actually be used in more than one way. It can mean "Calm Down" or "Be careful how you go" or "Take it steady". There are also other expressions for "Calm down",such as "Chill" or "Simmer down" and "Cool it"...All my video lessons are here on RUclips. All free...no charge!! (Misterduncan)
An S .. An L...An A .. An N ...A G. The reason why I put 'an' before the others and not G is because the phonetic sound of these letters begin with a vowel sound. For example L. The first phonetic sound of this letter is 'E' (ell) and 'S' (ess) and 'N' (enn), But 'G' does not (jee). Hope this help. (Misterduncan)
Well Slang can be any word. A noun or verb or adjective. 'EMO' comes straight from the word emotional. It describes a certain fashion style and a person who appears 'deep'. To be honest, slang can be anything you want it to be, as that is its very nature. I'm often criticised for giving you these words, but the fact remains that they all exist. Perhaps not in your street, or town...or even country. But exist they do! (Misterduncan)
Your point is noted, however you are making the usual mistake of assuming that the syntax used in your street (sic) is the only one that exists. One of the beauties of modern Slang is that it is constantly changing and very often definitions can vary from location to location. There are literally thousands of Slang terms around. It would be clear to most people that my selection is not meant to be in any way exhaustive. A third Slang lesson will be made in September (Misterduncan)
I can assure you I'm not wrong. The word 'bad' is used as a slang term for 'good' or 'cool'. More recently the work 'sick' has taken on a similar meaning. (Misterduncan)
It is common for negative words to have a positive slang meaning. In the past 'wicked' also meant 'cool' or 'great'. Nowadays the word 'sick' is used to mean 'good' or 'great'. Don't be confused. In English slang, this does not happen very often. 8-))
Slang relies on context and how the phrase is spoken. The slang ''bad'' is not used as much these days. As I have said many times, slang is always changing. So do not feel bad about this. 8-))
@MyNeonblack The problem with some words and especially slang is that they can mean more than one thing. Some words can have a positive or harmless meaning in one place and a negative or offensive one in another. This is what you must explain to your students. (Misterduncan)
LOL is not slang, but is in fact an abbreviation of 'Laugh Out Loud' or 'Lots Of Laughter'. The word 'dude' means 'man'. Seen in sentences such as "Hey dude, where are you going?" or "Whats up dude?". (Misterduncan)
Your videos are very entertaining to the native english speaker as well. As an American, I've only heard of about roughly a third of the british expressions, so it was a treat for me to watch it and learn some new vocabulary.
u r doing an excellent job. i am from Pakistan residing in Saudi Arabia and was in search of some good english series for my children. Today my daughter seven years old Omema found it and it's excellent. I have seen about six or seven.
Lol. This teacher cracks me up. But he's very good... It's the way a language's got to be taught really... It doesn't have to be tedious. Slang is quite important, too. I'm from Argentina and been learning English for almost 5 years now. If there's something I've worked out myself that's that you never finish learning a language lol.... there's always something that's left to be regarded.
thanks mr duncan.i am living here in birmingham for the last 3 years and still i dont know the slangs,.i live in asian area. and really i want to learn real english like english people, because i love this language. today i learned some slangs .i feel more confident now.i ll watch this video again and again to memorise it. anyway thanks dear mrduncan.i can teach you urdu or punjabi.lol
Hi Mr. Duncan I reall love your lessons I live in Taiwan I hope that someday you can come to Taiwan If you teach english in Taiwan, I want to be your student.
i am from vietnam. i like ur lession so much and like ur teaching style, if u have a lot of lesson about grammar, may be help us alot and useful. thank u , help us
As a suggestion, it might be good to state whether each word has a positive or negative connotation so as not to confuse people. for example 'egg-head' may mean someone who is intelligent, but is not necessarily a compliment...
Great vid! :) Although I was rather surprised at some of the US slang terms...like "gut-full." I can't recall ever having heard that. And "far-out" is so 70s. Haha. Very cool!
hello Mr.Duncan i was just watching some of your videos and i just came up for a great video idea for you! You should do a video on the new internet language -- like - computer communications- or msn writing- or texting (because the language we use on those devices are different then what we would use in the real world-right?!) great videos by the way - big fan!
i really love to watch ur video.could i get all your videos as my reference.you are so lively in teaching it is so much fun and i do really believe that students of mine would like it very much.
Thanks Mister Duncan for posting this video,,your such an awesome teacher,, I've learn't a lot of slang words from you .. hope you uploaded more videos using slang .. hang tight .. :))
I studied english in London, 4 years ago, so im afraid to forget it, cause i live in latinoamerica, closed from Usa, and i dont like american english, so I try to watch programms like u
I LOLLED WHEN YOU SAID CHAV XD english is my first language but i wanted to see these teaching videos, i wish there was good videos for french or something lol :L
Thank you so much for your lesson to share to us. I love your lessons so much. I like British accent coz' I understand it so well 55. I'll follow your lesson as far as possible. ^_^
hi Mr. Duncan.. I love how the way you teach and i want to learn your accent.. do u know anybody that is willing to talk to me from England, and i will be able to learn as well. Hope for your reply.. thank you..
@yinyang1530 @yinyang1530 apologies I didnt mean to come across like I did, I thought after I had posted that I should not have posted in such strong terms. I think I was just trying to show that we can say both and still know what's going on. The English slang video here is quite limited especially for London, but still interesting. Watch "has stacey lost the plot" "sam and biancas fight over ricky" and "jay confronts phil and dawn" for London accent/ a few bits of slang from EastEnders.
first off .. thanx alot 4ur lessons .. secondly.. l have a Q .. l ve read (Right Place Wrong Time lyrics )..and it says (I been in the right place but it must have been the wrong time) .. my question i that .. is it correct in SLANG to drop off (have) with been ? and say only he /l/they been ?
orly? I guess it could be. I've never heard it used like that but Im still 18 and in high school and dont smoke cigs and people my age use it as a derogatory term synonomous with calling someone "gay."
Thank you for your input. One of the problems with Slang is that it can be very localised and specific to a certain group of people or location, so making one lesson cannot cover all the slang terms. In fact I could probably make a dozen lessons about North American Slang terms and another dozen about UK slang. The other factor is that Slang is constantly changing, with new terms appearing almost by the month! I will return to this subject again. Cheers! (Misterduncan)
Yes you are right. "Take it easy" can actually be used in more than one way. It can mean "Calm Down" or "Be careful how you go" or "Take it steady". There are also other expressions for "Calm down",such as "Chill" or "Simmer down" and "Cool it"...All my video lessons are here on RUclips. All free...no charge!! (Misterduncan)
An S .. An L...An A .. An N ...A G. The reason why I put 'an' before the others and not G is because the phonetic sound of these letters begin with a vowel sound. For example L. The first phonetic sound of this letter is 'E' (ell) and 'S' (ess) and 'N' (enn), But 'G' does not (jee). Hope this help.
(Misterduncan)
To be 'chuffed' is a common expression in the UK. To have a chat...or 'chin wag' is used a lot too. I'm chuffed that you left a message. 8-))
Well Slang can be any word. A noun or verb or adjective. 'EMO' comes straight from the word emotional. It describes a certain fashion style and a person who appears 'deep'. To be honest, slang can be anything you want it to be, as that is its very nature. I'm often criticised for giving you these words, but the fact remains that they all exist. Perhaps not in your street, or town...or even country. But exist they do!
(Misterduncan)
Your point is noted, however you are making the usual mistake of assuming that the syntax used in your street (sic) is the only one that exists. One of the beauties of modern Slang is that it is constantly changing and very often definitions can vary from location to location. There are literally thousands of Slang terms around. It would be clear to most people that my selection is not meant to be in any way exhaustive. A third Slang lesson will be made in September (Misterduncan)
I can assure you I'm not wrong. The word 'bad' is used as a slang term for 'good' or 'cool'. More recently the work 'sick' has taken on a similar meaning. (Misterduncan)
It is common for negative words to have a positive slang meaning. In the past 'wicked' also meant 'cool' or 'great'. Nowadays the word 'sick' is used to mean 'good' or 'great'. Don't be confused. In English slang, this does not happen very often. 8-))
Slang relies on context and how the phrase is spoken. The slang ''bad'' is not used as much these days. As I have said many times, slang is always changing. So do not feel bad about this. 8-))
@MyNeonblack The problem with some words and especially slang is that they can mean more than one thing. Some words can have a positive or harmless meaning in one place and a negative or offensive one in another. This is what you must explain to your students.
(Misterduncan)
LOL is not slang, but is in fact an abbreviation of 'Laugh Out Loud' or 'Lots Of Laughter'. The word 'dude' means 'man'. Seen in sentences such as "Hey dude, where are you going?" or "Whats up dude?".
(Misterduncan)
Your videos are very entertaining to the native english speaker as well. As an American, I've only heard of about roughly a third of the british expressions, so it was a treat for me to watch it and learn some new vocabulary.
Thank you, your lesson is very useful. Commonly at school we don't learn slang, therefore thanks for this video. I learned a lot of new words
Hello. Do you mind if we make friends to learn from each other.
That 20 quid will be withdrawn on 30th September in this year. (2022)
u r doing an excellent job. i am from Pakistan residing in Saudi Arabia and was in search of some good english series for my children. Today my daughter seven years old Omema found it and it's excellent. I have seen about six or seven.
Lol. This teacher cracks me up. But he's very good... It's the way a language's got to be taught really... It doesn't have to be tedious. Slang is quite important, too. I'm from Argentina and been learning English for almost 5 years now. If there's something I've worked out myself that's that you never finish learning a language lol.... there's always something that's left to be regarded.
thanx 4 showing the difference between american english and british english....i love it.
You are really awesome! You are a good teacher i ever seen......Ta very much!!!💐💐💐
Yes it does. It has an offensive meaning. You could say that Slang has a bad side to it. (Misterduncan)
Greetings from El Salvador. Thanks to you I learnt english watching your videos and practicing everytime.
thanks mr duncan.i am living here in birmingham for the last 3 years and still i dont know the slangs,.i live in asian area. and really i want to learn real english like english people, because i love this language. today i learned some slangs .i feel more confident now.i ll watch this video again and again to memorise it. anyway thanks dear mrduncan.i can teach you urdu or punjabi.lol
Thank you very much mister duncan for every lesson you gave us
Hi Mr. Duncan
I reall love your lessons
I live in Taiwan
I hope that someday you can come to Taiwan
If you teach english in Taiwan, I want to be your student.
A very Useful Lesson
Thank you MisterDuncan
Useful lesson!! Thank you
i am from vietnam. i like ur lession so much and like ur teaching style, if u have a lot of lesson about grammar, may be help us alot and useful. thank u , help us
Many thanks Misterduncan for this lessen , it is very important .
As a suggestion, it might be good to state whether each word has a positive or negative connotation so as not to confuse people. for example 'egg-head' may mean someone who is intelligent, but is not necessarily a compliment...
Great vid! :)
Although I was rather surprised at some of the US slang terms...like "gut-full." I can't recall ever having heard that. And "far-out" is so 70s. Haha.
Very cool!
this the better teacher in the world misterduncan
You are very good teacher !!!
congratulations!
Sandra from Brazil
hello Mr.Duncan i was just watching some of your videos and i just came up for a great video idea for you!
You should do a video on the new internet language -- like - computer communications- or msn writing- or texting (because the language we use on those devices are different then what we would use in the real world-right?!)
great videos by the way - big fan!
What an awesome lesson ❤️
Thanks a bunch 💐
That was awesome. Thanks a lot Mr.Duncan for teaching us english.
i really love to watch ur video.could i get all your videos as my reference.you are so lively in teaching it is so much fun and i do really believe that students of mine would like it very much.
I really enjoy your videos. Thanks a bundle!
thank you!you're the best teacher
You are an amazing teacher! I love your lessons, strategies and I love you.
great to listen and learn. Ace
very good Mr. Duncan that's very cooooool
thanx alot
thx Mr. Duncan that was very ace . :D
See... I learned some english slang words . x)
good that you exist! Every day I learn something cool with you
Great job mr. Duncan.
Thanks a lot of Mallorca, Ta-rah
Thanks Mister Duncan for posting this video,,your such an awesome teacher,, I've learn't a lot of slang words from you .. hope you uploaded more videos using slang .. hang tight .. :))
Thank you for your wonderful videos.
thx Mr. Duncan that was very ace :D.See.. I learned
some englisch slang words x).
thank you i admire you you are anexellant teacher
Thanks. Mr.Duncan. a question..doesn't TAKE IT EASY mean to be calm?
where can i begin your course?
I studied english in London, 4 years ago, so im afraid to forget it, cause i live in latinoamerica, closed from Usa, and i dont like american english, so I try to watch programms like u
Hi MisterDuncan,
this lesson was diamond.
Chill-out now. You deserve.
Cheerio
we love you Mr. Duncan...........from the MALDIVES
Great lesson Mr Duncan
wahhh that good way for my to learn english
it is cool video.
Mr.Duncan is a awesome teacher.
you're a very good teacher seriously.
do you teach another language?
i like all your lessons. thanks from Indonesia
Cool video!!!😍
From, India
I extremely like Ur lectures...
U have a real great job Sir/
some of the slang terms in this video i have never heard of before
oh mister duncan you are amazed person and funny ahahhaha i like so muy your training, actually im learning yourself!! hahahha greet from peru to you
That's very useful, thanks misterduncan
Thanks for the lesson
Excellent, cool, awesome video :-)
Hi Misterduncan, plase could you tell me the software that you use for "Video Editing" on your lessons?
Thanks for your reply
but chopper can be use a slang for helicopter too right?
mr.dunca i love ur lesson and u r relly funy teacher.can i do 1 qaution?could u tell me "derss kill" what means tanku
Wow! I'm just i wanna hug with this lessons.
I LOLLED WHEN YOU SAID CHAV XD english is my first language but i wanted to see these teaching videos, i wish there was good videos for french or something lol :L
Wow interesting topics !!
Thank you for your efforts
In Scotland we also say 'spof' for a smart person who sticks in at school and stuffs.
thank you !
@duncaninchina great answer mrduncan.. MyNeonblack didn't even understand the meaning of gay as you meant it.. keep up the awesome work!!
very useful and interesting mrduncan
My Duncan is half chrome head teacher he is also so smart
Thank you so much for your lesson to share to us. I love your lessons so much. I like British accent coz' I understand it so well 55. I'll follow your lesson as far as possible. ^_^
wicked mashaa Allah its great
good one
yeah! your lessons are really awsome!
from CHILE
psd: if you/someone want to learn spanish, I could teach you/them
hi Mr. Duncan.. I love how the way you teach and i want to learn your accent.. do u know anybody that is willing to talk to me from England, and i will be able to learn as well. Hope for your reply..
thank you..
was this made in the 80's
Great!
Good teacher misterducan
you are best teacher :D
@yinyang1530 @yinyang1530 apologies I didnt mean to come across like I did, I thought after I had posted that I should not have posted in such strong terms. I think I was just trying to show that we can say both and still know what's going on. The English slang video here is quite limited especially for London, but still interesting. Watch "has stacey lost the plot" "sam and biancas fight over ricky" and "jay confronts phil and dawn" for London accent/ a few bits of slang from EastEnders.
first off .. thanx alot 4ur lessons .. secondly.. l have a Q ..
l ve read (Right Place Wrong Time lyrics )..and it says
(I been in the right place but it must have been the wrong time)
.. my question i that .. is it correct in SLANG to drop off (have) with been ?
and say only he /l/they been ?
hi everybody this is hasan in india
h r u tday
r u ok? i hope so
r u happy? i hope so
keep it up mr duncon
hasan
india
bye-si-bye.........cheerio ..its awsome wrods heheh thanks mr duncan
awesome !!
this is awesome
Helpfull
Thanks....from Romania:D
orly? I guess it could be. I've never heard it used like that but Im still 18 and in high school and dont smoke cigs and people my age use it as a derogatory term synonomous with calling someone "gay."
I learned some english slang and I am a native US english speaker
awesome
What about holleration? I'd be amiss if I didn't point out that one. Far more important than any of the others.
thanks...........am frm india
Cool!!
Entertaining to say the least.
After watching this, as an English student my accent went british now ahaha.