The English We Speak: Ship
Learning English Conversations
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đď¸ 27 January 2025
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Summary
A word that means you want two people to be in a relationship.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the English We Speak, where we're explained phrases used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them as well. |
| 0:09.1 | I'm Faye Faye and I'm joined by Beth. |
| 0:11.1 | Hi, Faye, how are you? |
| 0:12.5 | I'm very well, thank you. |
| 0:14.4 | I've actually got a question for you, Beth. |
| 0:16.8 | Have you been watching that new TV drama everyone's talking about? |
| 0:20.6 | Yes, I love it. |
| 0:22.4 | There are two characters, Becky and Max, and I really want them to get together. |
| 0:27.6 | I ship them so much. |
| 0:29.5 | Ship. |
| 0:30.3 | Such a great word, isn't it? |
| 0:32.5 | And it's what we're looking at in this program. |
| 0:35.6 | In the world of fandoms, to ship means you want two people, usually |
| 0:40.1 | fictional characters, to be in a relationship. Of course, ship is short for the word relationship. |
| 0:46.9 | Exactly. It's a popular word among fans of TV shows, movies and books. I've seen lots of people |
| 0:53.5 | on social media talking about how they ship characters, |
| 0:57.1 | meaning they want the characters to end up together. Yes, and after the verb, ship, we add people's names. |
| 1:04.7 | For example, when I was reading Pride and Prejudice, I really shipped Mr Darcy and Elizabeth, |
| 1:12.8 | and they got together in the end. I was so Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. And they got together in the end. |
| 1:20.9 | I was so happy. Yeah, so nice. But ship is not just used for fictional couples. You can even use it playfully to talk about real people. So I have two friends who always hang out and they're both single and I hope they get together. |
| 1:29.7 | I really ship them. Oh, let's hear some more examples of the word ship. |
| 1:38.5 | So there's these two people I see on my bus every day and they don't know each other, but I ship them. They're made for each other. |
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