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The English We Speak.

Hello and welcome to The English We Speak with me, Rob, and a very hungry looking Lee. Oh hello.

Uh, Lee, you're talking with your mouthful.

Can you wait till lunchtime please?

No, I can't, I'm starving.

Well be careful you're making such a mess in here.

Ever since I started jogging before work, I just have to eat a big snack mid-morning, or I feel faint by lunchtime.

Well, maybe, but you know you're not supposed to eat food in the studio.

It's a really bad idea.

You could damage the equipment.

Oh no look, there's salad and mayonnaise all over the recording desk.

Lee, use your loaf. Use my loaf? Ah yes, that's a good idea. If I use bread, I can make a sandwich, which will be much tidier?

No, I mean use your brain.

Think about things before you do them.

Well, in English, if you're slightly annoyed with someone because they are doing something

they haven't thought about properly you can say use your loaf oh I see

loaf here is slang forehead.

That's right. It's a little old-fashioned, but it's still something you might hear.

My parents or grandparents would use it for when I did something a bit stupid. Here are some examples. use your loaf son,

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