This is an All-Eirs English podcast, episode 618.

What doesn't mean to be Square?

And The Rise of the Nerd.

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Today, a listener asks us, what does it mean when we say be there or be square.

We will show you what it means how to use it and what has happened to nerds in the US in the internet age.

Hey Michelle, what's going on?

How you doing?

Hey Lindsay, I'm good, I'm good, I'm enjoying the fall how about you.

Oh my God it's such a beautiful day today the perfect temperature the sun shining down

the skies are like clear blue and the leaves are starting to change which I love.

Yeah I know I love that the only thing is in the morning it's like so I feel like it's so

cold that like even though it's not cold later in the day because I get out in the morning. I'm just like bundled up and it's totally inappropriate for later in the death.

I know it's true. It's a tricky time of year, Rochelle Michelle but you got to navigate it sure is it sure is well I have a lot of experience

Yeah, it's awesome very cool. So today Michelle we have a question from a listener, one of our listeners, guys we love your question so send them into Lindsay dollars English.com by the way.

But we have a question from Junhehay from South Korea and the question is about a common phrase.

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