Épisodes

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

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    11 min
  • Proper English S2 E47: More Pesky Prepositions
    Jun 8 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.'

    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

    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.

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    10 min
  • Proper English S2 E46: A Few More Bits and Bobs and Odds and Ends
    Jun 1 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.'

    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

    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.

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    12 min
  • Proper English S2 E45 - The Art of Apologising
    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…

    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

    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.

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    12 min
  • Proper English S2 E44 - TIAs and Other Abbreviations
    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.

    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

    ...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.

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    13 min
  • Proper English S2E43: More Phrasal Verbs About Health
    May 4 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.'

    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

    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.

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    10 min
  • Proper English S2 E42: Room 101
    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.'

    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

    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.

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    15 min
  • Proper English S2 E41: One Hundred!
    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.

    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

    ...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!

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    12 min