You certainly know president Obama’s famous slogan “Yes, we can.”, but how did he come up with it?
And who first said “He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.” ?
Find out the answers in this episode, in which Peter is challenged by Roger in a pretty tough quotation quiz.
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Folge vom 01.09.200923. Yes, we quote! - A Quotation Quiz
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Folge vom 19.08.200922. Friends?Genial persons have the most friends. - But they have to watch out for false friends, if they don’t want to be misunderstood. We provide help in this RoPeCast episode. False friends Check this Wikipedia article for a comprehensive list of linguistic false friends.
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Folge vom 01.08.200921. Good Show! - Learning English for TV addictsGood news: you can forget the news. You don’t have to watch CNN all the time in order to learn English in front your TV set. This episode will tell you how the TV can be your Friend(s) when it comes to improving your spoken English.
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Folge vom 22.07.2009X06 - Presidential SlangRemeber our Ropecasts on rhyming slang? One of our listeners had a cool idea for one that is based on Barack Obama. Episode 18: Winnie Words In this episode we go even deeper into the topic of rhyming slang, including some that almost got us an “explicit” tag on the iTunes Store.