Proper English

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If you're learning English and you want to know the correct word to use in a particular situation, if you get stuck thinking of the right preposition, if you are puzzled by definite and indefinite articles, then Proper English is the podcast for you!

Episodes

Tuesday Jun 15, 2021

Proper English S2 E48: Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?

Tuesday Jun 15, 2021

This week we're having an unscripted chat about what we would do if we won the lottery! This week's idiom is 'Crawling out of the woodwork.'

Like us on Facebook (properenglish2019), and follow us on Twitter (@properenglish4) or YouTube . Oh, and if you have a burning English grammar-related question, why not ask us on Instagram (properenglish2019), and we'll do our best to answer - or, if you're an email kind of person, and you have any feedback or suggestions for future podcasts, you can always contact us at properenglish@sapo.pt.

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Tuesday Jun 08, 2021

Proper English S2 E47: More Pesky Prepositions

Tuesday Jun 08, 2021

This week, we're tackling the thorny issue of prepositions associated with location - and the Idiom of the Week is 'At the drop of a hat.'

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We also used the following sounds from Freesound:

microwave ding.WAV by samplecat

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

FX swanee whistle up.wav by v0idation

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

greenfinch f.wav by ERH

This work is licensed under the Attribution License.

Tuesday Jun 01, 2021

Proper English S2 E46: A Few More Bits and Bobs and Odds and Ends

Tuesday Jun 01, 2021

In this episode we're considering some more of those little confusions of pronunciation and grammar that come up every now and then. Sylvia is giving her friend Mabel some much-needed encouragement in this week's Idiom of the Week, which is 'Butterflies in the stomach.'

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We also used the following sounds from Freesound:

audience.wav by pyoorgoodshed

This work is licensed under the Attribution License.

knocks on interior wood bathroom door quick desperate.wav by kyles

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Opening Closing bathroom door.wav by Omar Alvarado

This work is licensed under the Attribution License.

Tuesday May 25, 2021

Proper English S2 E45 - The Art of Apologising

Tuesday May 25, 2021

This week, we're examining the very British habit of apologising - and the little old ladies find themselves in 'a sorry state of affairs', this week's idiom…

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We also used the following sounds from Freesound:

cafe - takk, northern quarter, manchester by AntonyBK

and

Thunder Clap OWB KY 441x16.wav by Dave Welsh

These works are licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Tuesday May 18, 2021

Proper English S2 E44 - TIAs and Other Abbreviations

Tuesday May 18, 2021

This week, we're all about abbreviations - and our intrepid detectives, Davidson and Roberts are illustrating the idiom 'On the QT' while on a stakeout.

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

...and this is the Davidson and Roberts theme:

Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3872-hidden-agenda

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We also used the following sound from Freesound:

cafe - takk, northern quarter, manchester by AntonyBK

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Tuesday May 04, 2021

Proper English S2E43: More Phrasal Verbs About Health

Tuesday May 04, 2021

This week, Mabel and Sylvia are helping us come up with some more phrasal verbs to do with health matters. The Idiom of the Week 'A Bitter Pill to Swallow.'

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

We also used the following sound from Freesound:

cafe - takk, northern quarter, manchester by AntonyBK

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Tuesday Apr 27, 2021

Proper English S2 E42: Room 101

Tuesday Apr 27, 2021

This week, we're having an unscripted chat about pet hates - things you really don't like - and Sylvia and Mabel, the two little old ladies, are illustrating the idiom 'To blow the whistle on someone.'

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

The following music is also used:

Stay The Course by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5048-stay-the-course

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

And these sound effects from Freesound are used, too:

Lose_Funny_Retro_Video Game by cabled_mess

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

JailDoorClose.wav by TurtleLG

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Tuesday Apr 20, 2021

Proper English S2 E41: One Hundred!

Tuesday Apr 20, 2021

We did it! We got to episode 100! So in this week's episode, we're looking back on the last two years of Proper English, talking about the use of the word 'hundred' - and in this week's Idiom of the Week, one of our intrepid detectives appears to be unaware of a Red Letter Day.

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

...and this is the Davidson and Roberts theme:

Hidden Agenda by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3872-hidden-agenda

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We've also used the following sounds from Freesound:

Motorcycle start by roman_cgr

and

TaDa!.wav by jimhancock

Both these sounds are licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Here's to the next 100!

Tuesday Apr 13, 2021

Proper English S2 E40: Save The Elephant!

Tuesday Apr 13, 2021

This week, we're talking about Ali's favourite animals - elephants (I bet you thought I was going to say cats)! The Idiom of the Week is 'A White Elephant.'

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

Various elephant sounds are courtesy of Zapsplat.com

And these elephant sounds are from https://freesound.org

Voice elephant.mp3 by vataaa

and

Elephant Trumpets Growls.flac by D.jones

These Freesounds are licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

Tuesday Apr 06, 2021

Proper English S2 E39: Annoying, Irritating and Irksome

Tuesday Apr 06, 2021

This week we're talking about all the different words, phrases and idioms we have in English describe things or people that we find annoying. We use quite a few in this episode! And those two little old ladies, Mabel and Sylvia are back illustrating the Idiom of the Week - in the aftermath of the Parish Council elections, which one of them was 'beside themselves with rage', do you think?

You can find us on italki at

https://www.italki.com/alisondaviskurley or https://www.italki.com/davekurley.

This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:

Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

We also used the following sound from Freesound:

cafe - takk, northern quarter, manchester by AntonyBK

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.