Joe Bloggs

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2014

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Do you know Joe Bloggs? He might be just beside you.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	To find out more, visit our website.
0:06.0	The English We Speak.
0:09.0	From BBC learning English.
0:11.0	com
0:12.0	Hi Finn what's that you're reading.
0:17.0	Oh it's just a really interesting article about a man who made a fortune by selling shoes fey you know he's a billionaire a
0:26.2	billionaire I guess the shoes must be very expensive for the
0:33.0	shoes are just for Joe blogs.
0:36.0	Joe blogs. Joe blogs?
0:37.0	He made all that money making shoes for just one man?
0:41.0	No, what I mean is, the man made a fortune selling shoes for the average person.
0:48.1	In English, when we want to refer to the average person,
0:52.0	we can use the name Joe Bloggs.
0:54.4	Ah I see so Joe Blocks could be any one of us.
0:58.7	That's right any Tom Dick or Harry.
1:01.3	Oh who are they? This is another expression we use when we want to talk
1:07.1	about lots of people in general, nobody in particular, Tom, Dick or Harry.
1:12.6	I see, they're short common names.
1:15.6	Thank you for the explanation, Finn.
1:18.6	You know, I love reading these American news websites.
1:21.6	Oh, Finn?
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