Speaking English in London

Thinking of taking a trip to London? Be careful. There's a world of English that people speak in London that you may have never heard before. Prepare yourself with London’s most common lingo below!

Blimey! This is a popular expression to use when you are surprised. For example, "Blimey! The weather's terrible today!"

Behave yourself

FELTON:

Look, I have put up 
with this for a long 
time. But I can't 
stand it anymore.

Love Will Set You Free - Eurovision 2012

can ....

                            

must or have to

Modal Verbs "Must" and "Have to"

Modal verbs with the verb MUST.  The English teacher discusses the differences in structure between MUST as a modal verb of obligation and MUST as a modal verb of deduction. He also looks at some of the differences between MUST and HAVE TO and MUSTN'T and DON'T HAVE TO.

Senses

It looks ...cool, itchy, silly, fun/like fun, bored, angry, heavy, painful, busy, difficult, simple, crowded, cute, good/delicious, dangerous, like an elephant, like a butterfly, scary, too big, (see)

It sounds ...cool, funny, beautiful, dangerous, hard, easy, boring, exciting, fun/like fun, nice, scary, interesting, terrible, (hear)

It feels ...soft, hard, wet, slippery, cold, cool, sticky, warm, hot, rough, smooth, sharp, squishy, gooey, (feel)

It smells ...bad, good, rotten, like flowers, like pine trees, like apples,(smell)
It  tastes ...  spicy, salty, sweet, bitter, sour, good, bad, (taste)

CAN, COULD, TO BE ABLE TO

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Modal verbs CAN, COULD, TO BE ABLE TO and TO BE ALLOWED TO. The English teacher begins by looking at the different uses of can before describing how this affects the future and past form that has to be used. He then talks about COULD as the past and conditional form of CAN

Reporting Verbs - Johnny Grammar

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10 words that don't exist, but should

1. AQUADEXTROUS (ak wa deks'trus) adj.- Possessing the ability to turn the bathtub tap on and off with your toes
2. CARPERPETUATION (kar'pur pet u a shun) n. The act, when vacuuming, of running over a string or a piece of lint 
at least a dozen times, reaching over and picking it up, examining it, then putting it back down to give the vacuum one more chance.
3. DISCONFECT (dis kon fekt') v. To sterilize the piece of confection (lollipop) you dropped on the floor by blowing on it, assuming this will somehow 'remove' all the germs.

4. ELBONICS (el bon'iks) n. The actions of two people manoeuvering for one armrest in a film theatre.
5. FRUST (frust) n. The small line of debris that refuses to be swept onto the dust pan and keeps backing a person across the room until he finally decides to give up and sweep it under the rug.
6. LACTOMANGULATION (lak' to man gyu lay' shun) n. Manhandling the "open here" spout on a milk container so badly that one has to resort to the 'illegal' side.
7. PEPPIER (peph ee ay') n. The waiter at a fancy restaurant whose sole purpose seems to be walking around asking diners if they want fresh ground pepper.
8.PHONESIA (fo nee' zhuh) n. The affliction of dialling a phone number and forgetting whom you were calling just as they answer.

9. PUPKUS (pup'kus) n. The moist residue left on a window after a dog presses its nose to it.
10. TELECRASTINATION (tel e kras tin ay' shun) n. The act of always letting the phone ring at least twice before you pick it up, even when you're only six inches away.

Error Analysis

How and why should the following be corrected?

1. For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

2. I suggest we wait a few more minutes for Maureen to arrive so we can leave altogether.
3. Swingbridge Choir invites any members of the public who enjoy sinning to join the choir.
4. Before baking some cooks brush the chicken pies with milk to give a shiny finish.
5. Student loans are means-tested. This means what your parents' level of income effects how much you're entitled to receive.
6. I know there are few people are not interested in seeing the film.
7. Jimmy has good job.
8. The 2010 AGM will be hell May 10 and 11 in Milton Keynes.