AEE 2583: Are You the Sandwich? Why Native Speakers Say This

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Business, Language Learning

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an All-Ears English podcast episode 2583.
0:04.5	Are you the sandwich?
0:06.0	Why native speakers say this.
0:09.7	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times.
0:16.4	Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.7	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing
0:23.2	on connection, not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz,
0:30.6	and Lindsay McMahon, the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:39.2	To get real-time transcripts right on your phone and create your personalized vocabulary list,
0:46.2	try the All-Ears English app for iOS and Android.
0:50.2	Start your seven-day free trial at all-yearsEnglish.com forward slash app.
0:58.6	Sometimes in moments when native speakers want to connect, they do something funny with their word choices.
1:05.4	Listen in to find out how you too could be a sandwich in your next English conversation.
1:16.8	English is part of how you're evaluated, whether you like it or not, in meetings, in interviews,
1:22.5	in negotiations. The question isn't whether your English is okay or good enough. It's whether it's working for you.
1:30.4	Is it getting you the promotions and the salary raises that you deserve? If not, this is the year
1:35.9	to do something about it. Our free two-minute fluency quiz shows you your true English level,
1:42.4	B1, B2, or C1, and where you can level up for real-world
1:46.9	success for your career or your global life in English. Take the quiz now for free at
1:53.4	all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score. That's all-earsenglish.com slash f-l-U-E-N-C-Y-S-C-O-R-E.
2:11.3	Hey, Aubrey, what's shaken?
2:12.9	What's going on?
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