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Welcome. See Learning English. English. Come to the English we speak.

Shh, let me finish.

Welcome to the English we speak, the program where we... Okay, okay you win Neil, you start the program. Okay, welcome

to the English we speak. Today we bring you a way to say hello to people that involves ducks.

Finally, English is of course a rich and diverse language and different regions use different

expressions. In the English Midlands, the area around the city of Nottingham.

You hear this, imagine I'm in a shop and Neil is the shopkeeper.

Hello Duck, how can I help you?

Hello Duck.

Duck here is a form of address, a word you use when politely speaking to someone.

And Duck is an affectionate term for another person.

So if you hear it, please don't be offended.

It's a friendly thing to say.

Some think that it comes from the word Duke.

Let's hear a few examples.

Come over here and tell me what the problem is, Duck.

Don't you worry about that broken glass Duck.

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