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Hello everyone, this is the English we speak.

With me Fay Faye Faye.

And me, Rob. Hey, Faye Faye and me Rob. Hey Faye do you need me to order you a pizza?

Why would I want you to order me a pizza when we're presenting a program?

Oh go on, just say pizza, and my new smartphone will instantly order one for you.

Ah, I see. I know you've got a new and very expensive smartphone Rob but I'm quite

happy using my box standard dumb phone.

Box standard you mean it's basic or dumb phone. Bog's standard?

You mean it's basic, ordinary and unexceptional?

I do, Rob.

It's a strange expression and nobody really notes its origins.

Well, I think it's got something to do with the English slang for toilet.

Bog, which is where your old phone should be.

Thanks, Rob.

Shall we hear some box standard examples now?

I've got a bog standard computer but it's fine for just sending emails and surfing the internet.

Sorry you got a low mark in your homework, but to be honest, it was Bogg Standard.

I found the new film Bogg Standard. It lacked the action and special effects I was expecting.

This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're learning about the phrase box standard

which describes things that are basic ordinary and unexceptional.

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