The English We Speak: Hullabaloo

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🗓️ 13 June 2011

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's word is 'hullabaloo'.

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a download from the BBC.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use, go to BBCworldservice.com
0:08.0	forward slash podcasts.
0:11.0	The English we speak.
0:15.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:18.0	Hello everyone, my name is Yang Lee and this is the English we speak.
0:26.0	Hi there I'm William Krama.
0:29.0	So what's today's word?
0:31.0	Hoorh?
0:32.0	Ah? word.
0:33.0	What on earth is all of that huller balloon about?
0:38.0	I think it stopped.
0:44.0	What was it?
0:46.0	It sounded like a crowd of people outside the studio.
0:50.0	I don't know. I'd be interested to find out, but I must say that there is something else that I'm even more curious about.
0:57.6	Oh right what's that? What was that word you used just now William?
1:01.9	Hala. Halla.
1:03.0	Oh, Halla Ballou.
1:05.0	Oh, that's it.
1:06.0	Halla Ballou.
1:08.0	You spell it H-U-L-A-B-A-L-O. H-L-O-H-L-O-H-L-O-O-H-L-O-O-H-L-O-O-H-L-O-O-Hull-O-O-O-Hull-O-O-O-O. It means a loud noise or commotion. Hull-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O, Halleluw. Exactly, yeah. Let's hear another example of this word being used.
1:27.0	I tried to quieten the class down, but there was such a hullabaloo that no one could hear me.
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