15 Common WHO Questions in English

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Hey, everyone.
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I'm Alex.
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Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on: "Common WHO Questions in English".
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That's right, today I am Dr. Who for you.
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Woo, woo, woo, woo.
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That was not too bad. Right? Okay.
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So, today, if you've watched the other videos on common questions, this is the one for "Who?"
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So, just like those videos, we're going to practice the pronunciation, the fluency, and
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the structure of these questions.
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So I don't want to waste any time.
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Let's begin.
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First one, a very philosophical question:
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"Who am I?"
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Okay?
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So, this is also the title of a Jackie Chan movie, and it's also the title of another
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movie I think from the 2000s that's also action-based.
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So: Who am I?
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You know, if you're ever 16 years old, if you're 17, you're looking up at your ceiling
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while listening to whatever music kids listen to today, just: "Who am I?"
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You know?
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That's it.
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Just think about it.
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And: "Who are you?"
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So, you know, if you meet someone for the first time or if you think someone is acting
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rudely, you can be like: "Who are you?"
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Okay? Or, like: "Who are you?
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I don't know you."
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Like: "Who are you?"
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Are you, like, her brother or her sister, or who are you?
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I don't know.
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All right?
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And: "Hey. Who's he?", "Who's she?",
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"Who's this?", "Who's that?"
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Okay?
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So if you don't know someone and you're talking to a family member, a colleague, a friend,
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co-worker, and you want to know because you want to meet someone or you're curious about
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someone, and you can say:
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"Hey. Who is that?", "Who is she?", "Who is he?", "Who's this?"
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Okay?
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All right, so these three because they're common, you know, they say:
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"Who am I?", "Who are you?", "Who is she?", "Who is he?",
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"Who is this?", "Who's that?"
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I said them very quickly, and now I want you to repeat them after me.
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So repeat after me: "Who am I?",
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"Who are you?",
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"Who's he?",
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"Who's she?",
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"Who's this?",
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"Who's that?"
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All right, very good.
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Now, next, similar style of question: "Who is the _________?"
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Here, you have many possibilities, many different titles that you can use in this question.
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So: "Who's the president?"
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If you... If you're travelling to a new country and you don't know about the political system
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or the political leaders, or you're just curious about the political leader in a country or
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a place, you can say: "Who's the prime minister there?", "Who's the president?",
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"Who's the new guy?" or "the new girl", right?
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So, if you're working in a company and someone new comes in,
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and maybe you never met them
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before, very common question:
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"Hey. Who's the new guy?", "Who's the new girl?"
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Like, where...? Where did they come from? Okay?
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"Who's the teacher?"
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So you're taking a class in university and you're looking at the name of the class, and
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you're like: "Oh, this sounds interesting.
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Who's the teacher?
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Who teaches that class?"
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Okay?
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"Who's the leader?", "Who's the goalie?"
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Right?
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So if you're trying to gamble and make a bet on a team, and you want to know, you know,
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in hockey or in soccer/football, depending on where you're from, you want to know:
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"Hey. Who's the goalie for that team?
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Who's in net?
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Who's blocking the shots?"
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Because if it's someone who's bad, then maybe I will bet on the other team.
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Or: "Who's the boss?"
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This is only a reference.
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I only put this here to reference a 1990's TV show with Tony Danza, and I don't remember
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the actress' name in the show.
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She was Angela.
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Who's the Boss?
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Anyone?
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If you're like under 25, you probably don't know.
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I'm sorry.
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Okay, and next, I drew a door.
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Very common question if someone knocks on your door:
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"Who's there?", "Who is it?"
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Okay?
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So, again, you can also say, you know: "Who's there?" or "Who is it?" if you hear someone
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in a room and you thought you were alone, you can say, like: "Who's there?"
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Also very common in horror movies or thrillers, like: "Who is it?
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Who's there?"
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Okay?
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Next: "Who's coming?" or "Who's going?"
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So, you know, your friend is having a birthday party and you want to know about how many
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people will be there or who will be there, so you can ask: "Who's coming?"
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or "Who's going? Who's going to the party?"
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Okay?
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All right.
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Now, let's go back a little bit and repeat these with me.
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So we'll do three and three.
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"Who's there?",
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"Who is it?",
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"Who's coming?",
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"Who's going?"
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Okay?
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And the last one on this side of the board:
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"Who wants _________?"
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So, again, if you are at work and you're going out for lunch maybe,
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and you want to be nice
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to your co-workers, you can say:
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"Hey. Who wants pizza?
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Who wants coffee?"
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Who wants...?
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This one: "Who wants more?"
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Maybe if you're serving cake, you can say: "Who wants more?
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Does anyone want more?"
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But again: "Who wants coffee?"
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Very common question, you know, among workmates and work colleagues if a person is going out
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for lunch to get coffees.
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So: "Who wants coffee?" Okay?
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Or: "Who wants pizza?"
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Maybe you have the pizza now.
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"Who wants pizza?"
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I wish I had pizza in my hands, but I don't.
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Let's continue.
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Okay, so: "Who wants to ________?"
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Who wants to do something?
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So, here: "Who wants something?"
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Who wants, like, a thing, a noun usually.
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Or: "Who wants to do something?"
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So: "Who wants to help?",
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"Who wants to go?",
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"Who wants to come?"
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Okay?
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So you can ask in general to the people in a room, like:
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"Hey. Who wants to help me?",
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"Who wants to do my homework?",
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"Who wants to go to the movie?"
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for example.
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So because these are fairly similar, repeat after me.
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"Who wants coffee?",
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"Who wants more?",
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"Who wants to help?",
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"Who wants to go with me?"
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The person is here, that's why I'm looking there. Right?
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So, next, maybe...
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Imagine your friend tells you a story about another friend, and they do something ridiculous.
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They did something that seems unbelievable,
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and you listen to the story and you say: "Who does that?
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That's ridiculous. That is not normal."
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Okay?
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So: "Who does that?"
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This is usual a reaction of surprise and shock to something where you just don't understand
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how or who would do something like that.
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Okay? So: "Who does that?"
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All right?
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So, for example, someone who maybe texts you a message and asks you a question, and you
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answer them and then they don't answer you for five days or something and you're like:
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"Who does that?
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Five days? Come on.
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You asked me a question. Now I want to know why."
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All right?
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So: Who did...?
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Next: "Who did this?", "Who did that?", "Who did it?"
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So maybe you're at a museum or, you know, you're looking at a piece of artwork,
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you can say: "Oh. Who did this?" or "Who did that?"
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Who did...?
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"Who did it?"
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Maybe you're looking at some graffiti on a wall by your house, you can say:
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"Who did this?", or: "Who did it?",
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"Who did that?"
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Or you've heard about a crime, for example, you can say: "Who did that?",
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or: "Who did it?", "Who did this?"
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Okay?
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So let's repeat after me with these questions.
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This one, imagine that I have told you something really, really shocking about my friend and
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you ask me the question:
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"Who does that?"
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Okay? Next: "Who did this?",
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"Who did that?",
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"Who did it?"
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Okay, good.
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And next, this is a question that's very confrontational.
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Now, when I say "confrontational", it means you want to create,
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like a fight with a person
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maybe, maybe an argument.
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So: "Who do you think you are?"
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Okay?
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So if someone goes in front of you and challenges you,
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challenges your opinion or your authority,
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or calls you bad names or insults you, you can say: "You're insulting me.
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Who do you think you are?
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Who are you?"
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Okay?
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So, this is a question that you ask when you're really offended
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usually, and the person in
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front of you, you think, like: "Who is this person?
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Why are you...? Why are you talking this way to me?"
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Okay?
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So repeat after me and try to sound like disgusted, okay?
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Like: "Who do you think you are?"
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Okay.
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I hope you said that in a room by yourself without other people around you.
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Okay?
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And let's do the next one:
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"Who won?",
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"Who lost?"
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So this is a common question if you watch sports.
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So if you watched, you know, the soccer game last night, the hockey game, the baseball
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game, the football game, whatever, you can ask:
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"Hey. Who won?" or "Who lost?"
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Or maybe you're watching a UFC match or
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a World Wrestling Entertainment, WWE fight between
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John Cena and the Undertaker.
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Very few people understand that reference, but it's okay.
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So: "Who won?", "Who lost?"
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Okay?
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So repeat after me very quickly:
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"Who won?",
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"Who lost?"
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Okay.
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And: "Who's with me?"
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Now, this is something you would say if you state an opinion
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or you state a plan, and
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you're trying to inspire people to agree with you or to follow you in something.
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So, maybe in a movie, you know, someone gives a very inspirational speech, saying:
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"We're going to get those guys because they are bad.
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Who's with me?"
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Okay? So: "Who's going to follow me?"
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Okay?
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"Anyone? Anyone?
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Who's with me?
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Who's with me?"
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Or if you say something that's, you know, a little funny or controversial or you want
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people to agree with you, you can say:
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"Who's with me? Huh? Huh?
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Are you with me? Who's with me?"
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Okay?
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And finally: "Who's in?"
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Now, "Who's in?"
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this is usually used when you propose a plan to go out with your friends
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or to go out with, you know, some family members and you say:
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"Okay, I want to watch..."
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I don't know, let's make up a movie.
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"I want to watch Star Wars episode 12", because now is the year 2027 or something.
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"I want to watch Star Wars episode 12.
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Who's in?
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I want to watch it tonight.
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Who's in?"
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Who wants to come with me?
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Okay? Who wants to go?
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So, repeat after me these two:
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"Who's with me?",
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"Who's in?"
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Okay. I like this one a lot, so let's say it dramatically
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and think of, you know, think that you're
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like Leonidas from 300 and you've just spoken to the Spartans: "Who's with me?"
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That feels good, feels very good.
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Okay.
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