London Native English Speaker Interviews Part 4

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Luke: So what's the best thing about being in London for you?
Man with red tie: The food
Luke: Really? That's interesting. A lot of people who aren't from England, foreigners, think that the food's awful. What kind of food?
Man: Indian. Italian. Good food.
Luke: Right, okay, what's the worst thing about London?
Man: Feeling unclean when you get home. The grime.
Luke: The, sort of, grime, the pollution and stuff. Okay, thank you very much.
Man: You're welcome.

Girls: Hi
Luke: Hi, where are you both from?
English girl: Nottingham
Luke: Okay
Canadian girl: And I'm from Canada
Luke: Okay, right, but you've both lived in London before, right?
Girls: Yep
Luke: I'm just asking people what the best and worst things about London are...
Nottingham: The amount of things to do... the best thing
Luke: Yep
Canada: Free museums and galleries, those are really good things.
Luke: Okay, right, what about the worst things?
Canada: The tube
Luke: What about the tube?
Canada: Too crowded, too hot, doesn't work very well.
Luke: Right. What do you think?
Nottingham: That's about it actually, yeah. Travel, yeah, travelling.
Luke: Alright, thank you very much.
Canada: You're welcome
Luke: Cheers
Canada: Good luck with that
Luke: Thanks very much, cheers.

White t-shirt man: Hello
Luke: You're from London as well are you?
Man: I am from London yeah. Do you want me to talk to you or to the lens?
Luke: Umm, both, whatever.
Man: Okay, yeah
Luke: Whatever's more comfortable.
Man: Alright
Luke: So, what's the best thing about London?
Man: Umm. I would say, the diversity, the culture diversity, the galleries, the fact that you can walk around the city and there's so many different types of... walks of life you know, culturally and also it's constantly changing and reinventing itself. It's got lots of different opportunities creatively. I think that's what, really, what makes London thrive really.
Luke: Right, it's the place where you can, kind of, go with a creative idea and make it work
Man: Yeah, it's a very dynamic city, culturally dynamic, which is what makes it great
Luke: Okay. What about the worst things?
Man: Err, overcrowding, the tube, erm... stress levels, pressure, people not looking you in the eye when they [are] going through their day to day [life]. That's probably the worst thing about London.
Luke: So there's a sort of impersonal thing as well
Man: It can be, yeah
Luke: Okay
Man: Alright?
Luke: Great, thanks very much, bye.

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[AnnaLynne3]

00:53 a lot of what? i dunno this word :)

[LukesEnglishPodcast]

@AnnaLynne3 'grime' 

[Stellastella1000]

I don't think English food is that awful! For example I like Cheddar cheese and some kinds of soups and cakes. The man with red tie had better try English food in England :-)

[LukesEnglishPodcast]

@Stellastella1000 I love the way he says that the best thing in London is the food, and then names lots of foreign food - "Indian, Italian". Classic!

Actually, that is one of the best things about this city - you can find almost any kind of food you like, including delicious English stuff that no-one knows about.

[blackice705]

@gamblemadman She has those big ass glasses and shit :o

[UkraineLFCsupporter]

@empirikal09 thank you a lot!

[empirikal09]

@UkraineLFCsupporter "Tube" And they use that word to refer to the metro.

[UkraineLFCsupporter]

1:30 "the tube(?), the too(?)..." didn't really get that one. how do you spell that and what does it mean?

[footyball66]

@blackice705 shes fkin ugly, canadians must all be ugly.

[AnnaLynne3]

@LukesEnglishPodcast muuuah thanks!

[iamsosexy47]

Great videos!