This is an all-ears English podcast episode 1,677. What's your hometown like?

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In this episode, you'll get a fantastic way to make small talk conversation and then go

deeper at a party, a dinner, or a work event by asking someone about where they come from.

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Hey Lindsay, how are you?

Awesome, Michelle. I'm doing great. How are you doing today?

I'm good. I'm good. I have a question. Would you consider me to be a New Yorker?

I would say at this point, you've been there for 10 plus years, right? For a while.

I would say probably, yeah. After 10 years, you get that badge of honor.

Because it's funny. In episode 1664, we were talking about different names for people from different states.

New Hampshire, New Hampshire, New Hampshire, New Hampshire and I'm a Marylander.

But at some point, people also take on the identity and perhaps get that badge of honor,

like that name of the place where they've been living for a long time, even if they didn't grow up there.

Yeah, that's a point. And I'm not sure if we mentioned this last time, but this is actually a topic

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