{"id":72167,"date":"2023-12-14T20:38:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/?p=72167"},"modified":"2023-12-14T20:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:38:26","slug":"say-when-pigs-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allearsenglish.com\/say-when-pigs-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"AEE 2112: When Can You Say &#8216;When Pigs Fly?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You know the danger of learning vocabulary out of context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what happens when you mix formal and informal vocabulary in the same message?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can break the connection immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It can also sound harsh or offensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen in to learn how to avoid this mistake today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"2112 - When Can You Say &#039;When Pigs Fly?&#039;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vVs39Es70v4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-comedy-and-vocabulary\"><strong>Comedy and vocabulary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey asks Lindsay if she often goes to stand-up comedy shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay says she has been to a few in Denver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She loves when a comedian is really funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey shares that she went to the Trevor Noah show last weekend and she finds him so funny and talented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trevor Noah was the host of <em>The Daily Show<\/em> and is a very famous political commentator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you haven\u2019t heard of him, Aubrey and Lindsay encourage you to check him out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has a book out entitled, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Born-Crime-Stories-African-Childhood\/dp\/0399588191\">\u201cBorn a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey shares that he weaves politics into his comedy shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-should-you-learn-from-a-textbook\"><strong>Should you learn from a textbook?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the show, Trevor Noah mentioned that in Florida, people are arguing about the new social studies education standards and what should be included in textbooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then gave his punchline that what Florida needs to realize is that nobody reads textbooks anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was hilarious, and it\u2019s so true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Textbooks are no longer the best source of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today\u2019s listener\u2019s question is related to this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question is about an idiom that can be very offensive and is not always appropriate for the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you learn lists of idioms in a textbook you won&#8217;t know when and how to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u2019t easily learn how native English speakers use idioms to connect in a textbook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-today-s-question\"><strong>Today&#8217;s question<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>Hi Lindsay I hope you&#8217;re doing well. 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