The English We Speak: Yob

Learning English Conversations

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🗓️ 19 September 2011

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In this series you can learn authentic English words and phrases. This week's programme looks at the word 'yob'.

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.
0:14.0	From BBC Learning English.
0:17.0	Hello and welcome to Yang Lee.
0:23.0	My name is Callum Robertson.
0:25.0	And I'm Yang Lee.
0:27.0	Oh, Callum, who are all those horrible men that I can hear on my headphones?
0:35.8	Well, Lee, they are Yobs.
0:38.0	Yobs?
0:39.0	Yobs?
0:40.0	Yobs is our phrase for today. It's an informal word that refers to a man who is loud and rude and possibly rather violent.
0:50.0	Oh, that sounds like you.
0:53.0	What are you talking about? Sounds like me. What do you mean? Are you asking for a fight?
0:57.0	No, no, no, no. But do you see what I mean? You sound like a job.
1:02.0	Um, yes, okay, sorry about that.
1:07.0	Hmm.
1:08.0	Anyway, I chose this word because as many people will know the UK recently experienced some violence
1:16.2	on the streets of London and other cities. Yob is a word that the British press used to describe the rioters. Let's hear some real
1:25.8	headlines from some British newspapers. UK riots, 11 councils to evict Riot Yobs.
1:33.5	Ken Clark blames Farrell Yobs.
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