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com. Hello I'm Rob. And I'm Rob and I'm Fay Faye and this is the English we speak. Hey happy

birthday for last week Rob. Ah thanks Faye Fay yes. 21 years old. Where's the time gone?

Are you sure? You don't act like a 21 year old? What are you saying, Faye Faye?

Well, look at your clothes.

They're not very trendy.

They're a bit boring.

Boring?

Yes, and come on, you're not very youthful.

Youthful, just because I haven't got any tattoos.

They want a tattoo anyway, they look silly, don't they?

They damage your skin as well.

There you go go old-fashioned

attitudes no way you're 21. So you're saying I'm a fuddy duddy. A fuddy

daddy that's an informal phrase to describe someone who is boring, dull and has old-fashioned

attitudes. Let's hear some examples of this phrase.

Ling thinks I'm an old fuddy duddy because I don't drive a flashy sports car.

My dad's a bit of a fuddy duddy. He still listens to music on cassette tapes.

The bank has lost many customers over the years, probably due to its Fuddy Daddy image. So a Faddy daddy is someone who is old-fashioned and sometimes pompous. But Rob being a faddy

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