Episode 24 – St. George’s Day!

Did you know St. George is the patron saint of England? Did you also know that NO-ONE in England celebrates this day and some people think that it is racist to celebrate it? ? Why⁉️ LISTEN ? to today’s episode and find out! PLUS talk of drunk hooligans ?, DAVID BECKHAM ⚽, killing DRAGONS ? and lots and lots of RnR vocab such as:

Do you think your standards are slipping?
St. George slayed a dragron
It’s a made up story
You’ve gotta (got to) sort out your will
Another myth is that he resurrected from death 3 times
I was just querying
He is the patron saint for people that have the plague
He’s got a lot on, hasn’t he?
People don’t give a toss about saints in England
When I see the English flag, it repulses me
You couldn’t be a hooligan, you can’t handle yourself
The Pope demoted St. George to ‘optional worship‘
Yea, when they are trashing some bar in Eastern Europe

RnR Grammar

In the episode we when I told Dan that St. George left all his money to the poor, he said:

“Well, you’ve gotta sort out your will*, haven’t you?”

*remember that a ‘will’ is the legal document you make that says who you will leave your money and assets to.

In SPOKEN English, ‘gotta’ is very common. It sounds like one word, but in reality it is 2 words coming together ‘got to’.

‘What is the difference between “you have got to do something” and “you have to do something”?’ I hear you ask…. well there is NO DIFFERENCE.

‘Have got to’ is a bit more informal (but much more common in spoken English), but they have the same meaning.