6 Minutes Vocabulary

From BBC learning English.com

Hello and welcome to 6 Minute Vocabulary with me Finn

and me Catherine

And today we're talking about short spoken forms

That's words like gunner, wanta and godda, that we use a lot in spoken English.

Let's start by listening to Jason and Yuki talking about their plans for the weekend.

And here's a question. Who is Yuki meeting about their plans for the weekend. And here's a question.

Who is Yuki meeting on Saturday night?

Have a listen.

What are you doing this weekend, Yuki?

I don't know.

I'm probably going to meet Lucy on Saturday night.

Oh, right.

Do you want to come to the cinema in the afternoon? No, thanks. I've got to finish an English essay for Monday morning.

Okay. Let me know if you change your mind.

Well, that was Jason and Yuki. We asked you, who's Yuki meeting on Saturday night?

And the answer is she's probably going to meet Lucy.

That's right. But instead of saying going to, Yuki said, Gunner. She's probably going to meet Lucy.

Yes, and that's what we're looking at in this program. English speakers often say the

words going to very fast and it sounds like gunner, gunner. They usually do this in informal

situations when they're talking to friends. So does that mean that you shouldn't say gunner when you need to speak carefully and politely, like in a job interview?

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