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Hello and welcome back to another episode of this podcast for

learners of English. On the podcast today I'm talking to a friend of mine

called Fred Iango. English is not Fred's first language but he has learned it to a proficient level enough to complete a master's program in business management and marketing in English and to do regular comedy shows in English as well.

I've invited Fred onto the podcast because I want to talk to him about how he develops

and maintains his English, what life is like in the country that he originally comes from?

And we do talk about those things, and Fred says some very interesting points about how he's pushed his English on his own.

But also we end up talking about lots of other things like history, geography, and

cutlery as well, yes, cutlery, that's knives, forks and spoons.

Now you'll hear that Fred speaks with an accent which is quite difficult to put your finger on.

It's hard to identify exactly where he comes from.

And I'm not going to tell you right now, I'm not going to tell you exactly where he's from at this moment because I

want you to guess based on his voice. So as you listen try to guess where he's

from. What do you think? Where do you think Fred comes from? You'll see that although it's his second language,

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