Simplified Speech #238 – Would you get a tattoo?
Culips Everyday English Podcast
Culips English Podcast
4.8 • 979 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Andrew and Indiana talk about tattoos. They share personal stories, why some people choose tattoos, why others do not, and how tattoo culture looks in Korea, Japan, Canada, and the USA. You will hear clear examples of common tattoo words like sleeve, stick and poke, hand poked, lettering, script, blackout, and tribal. Andrew and Indiana also chat about cost, pain, trends, and rules about tattoos at workplaces and onsen in Japan. If you have opinions about tattoos and are interested in hearing more, this episode is perfect for listening practice and vocabulary-building!
What you’ll learn with this episode:
- Useful tattoo vocabulary you can use in real life
- How to give opinions and reasons politely: how to agree, disagree, and soften your viewpoint
- Words for trends and style changes over time
- How to compare cultures and places
- How to share personal stories in a simple, clear way
This episode is perfect for you if:
- You want listening practice with clear, natural speech and real life topics
- You want to learn English vocabulary you can use with friends, classmates, or coworkers
- You like culture, travel, music, and body art, and want words to talk about them in English
- You are an intermediate ESL learner who wants to sound more natural and confident
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, it's Andrew here, and welcome back to simplified speech, the Culep series for |
| 0:05.7 | intermediate level English learners, which features clear, natural, and easy to understand |
| 0:11.3 | English conversations between native speakers. |
| 0:15.3 | I'm joined today by my co-host, Indiana, and we have a really interesting conversation |
| 0:20.7 | for you. We're going to be talking |
| 0:22.6 | all about tattoos. And to be honest, I was kind of shocked when I realized that we haven't |
| 0:30.0 | covered this topic on Culeps before, considering how popular tattoos are these days. But before we get |
| 0:37.0 | to the conversation, |
| 0:38.4 | I want to let you know that if you're serious |
| 0:40.7 | about improving your English fluency, |
| 0:43.3 | becoming a Culep's member is the best way to do it. |
| 0:46.8 | You'll get our helpful study guides |
| 0:48.5 | and interactive transcripts, |
| 0:50.5 | plus access to our weekly speaking classes |
| 0:53.0 | where you can practice with our expert teachers. |
| 0:56.1 | To sign up and start improving today, |
| 0:58.4 | just visit culeps.com. |
| 1:01.1 | And guys, since tattoos can be a bit of a controversial topic, |
| 1:05.1 | we really want to hear your personal opinion on them. |
| 1:08.2 | The best place to share your thoughts with us |
| 1:10.3 | is on our Discord community. The link to join the conversation is in the description. |
| 1:16.2 | Okay, it's time to welcome Indiana into the conversation and begin. So let's do that now. Here we go. Enjoy. |
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