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Feifei: Welcome to The English We Speak.
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I'm Feifei...
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Rob: ...and hello, I'm Rob. Hey Feifei, listen
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to this...
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[PING]
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Feifei: ...ok, interesting. Has your ready meal
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finished cooking in the microwave?
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Rob: Yes actually - but I wanted you to
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name that sound.
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Feifei: Errr well, it's a 'ping' sound - obvs.
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So what's that got to do with today's piece
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of authentic English?
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Rob: Well, we can use the word 'ping' to
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describe something else.
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Feifei: I know that, Rob. 'Ping' is a short
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sharp sound - like a microwave makes to
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alert you that the food in it is cooked.
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But the word 'ping' is also an informal way
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of describing sending an email or
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a text message. So if I ping you an
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email, I basically send you an email.
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Rob: Exactly and [TEXT ALERT SOUND]...
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Oh, someone's pinged me a text
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message. It says
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"Let's have some examples, Rob!"
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Feifei: That was me, Rob. Come on then...
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I need to know the details of the contract.
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Could you ping them over to me as soon
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as possible, please.
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My friend's just pinged me to say she
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can't go out tonight so I suppose I'll have
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to stay in and watch TV.
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I'll ping you over the address of the party
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and hopefully I'll see you there later.
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Feifei: This is The English We Speak from
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the BBC and we're finding out about the
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word 'ping' which is an informal
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way to describe sending an email or a text
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message. And Rob,
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I'm going to ping you something.
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Rob: Oh yes, what's that?
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Feifei: I'm going to ping you an email
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containing a recipe.
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Rob: A recipe? What would I need that for?
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Feifei: You need to start cooking some
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real food - you can't live on unhealthy
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microwave dinners!
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Rob: Oh right. And I'm pinging you a
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message right now... Send!
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Feifei: [TEXT ALERT SOUND] ... "If you'd
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invited me for dinner, I wouldn't have to
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eat microwave dinners."
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OK Rob, I get the hint. How about tonight?
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Rob: Great! But can you remind me where
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you live?
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Feifei: I'll ping you my address. See ya.
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Rob: Don't forget. Bye!
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