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hello Michelle how's it going today hey Lindsay I'm good how are you I'm feeling good as our
listeners know the voice is yeah it's coming back for you all right a little bit of a cold going on
working on it working on it but I feel okay it's just this voice and unfortunately unfortunately
and unfortunately my voice is important for what I do all the time when you lose it it's a problem
it's all right it'll be back soon so what are we talking about today okay well Lindsay do you
love coffee oh my gosh Michelle I love coffee oh same yeah I know you're a coffee drinker
for sure me too um okay me more than you I'm a big coffee drinker most people are either tea
or coffee people right are you both or are you more coffee I'm more coffee my mom hates coffee
and she only drinks tea ah interesting yeah she really hates coffee coffee okay okay very cool
um so what are we getting into today well guys on episode uh 1979 which was I've always meant to
introduce myself we use the word same in a role play okay yeah um it sounded like this this is
actually what we said Lindsay could you start it yeah so I'm Lindsay it's great to have a second to
talk it's always been so busy in line that we've never actually talked but I notice we always get
the same order me too I love that place same yeah okay so that's how I was used in that episode guys
go on and listen to that episode that's a really good one that was just a few episodes ago so a
good one to check out um so Lindsay you came up with this idea in that moment that we should
do an episode about how we use the word same to connect with people right yeah because I I think
this is such a natural thing to be to say you know in a conversation yeah right right right
right I think that it is used very frequently and guys Lindsay what's another episode that we can
direct our listeners to guys go over and check out episode 856 of the ahlers English podcast do
natives use likewise that's a really good one if you're using the app for Android or iOS all you
have to do is go to auldersenglish.com app and you can type that number 856 into the search bar
we have all the episodes in there okay perfect perfect perfect okay so that is another good one
to check out so that one was more about likewise but we used some of the expressions from today so
um but we're gonna talk about more like same here and this is an updated version that was a that
was a long time ago gosh episode 856. yeah and I also think that likewise is good it sounds kind
of cool I think but we need other options that are just a little bit more casual right right
true we definitely need some more casual options yeah okay so well I mean why do we do this like do
you say same Lindsay in the way we use it in the role play is this yeah yeah I I do and it's funny
because it's probably not what our listeners were taught in school in their textbooks because it's
not a complete sentence but to be honest these days I think people are speaking less and less
in complete sentences you know um we're busy and our goal is connection obviously we're gonna show
you the complete Center chances for business but this is a bit more social would you say
yes I think so too I think we do this to connect because it's like a short way of saying the same
is for me right and no one's actually gonna say that I mean Lindsay do you think this is just
informal do you think you could use it at work or is it at all juvenile sounding what do you think
um I think you could use it at work I think it just really depends on who's around on who what
more who you're talking to Are you delivering a big presentation then you're not likely to
be in that kind of back and forth dialogue of sharing personal preferences right so yes you can
use it at work but more as you're chatting with colleagues not in a presentation mode or a meeting
presentation right right right right right right so I think that's good yeah so Michelle should we
dive into some examples here what do you think all right let's do it here we go oh man I hate this
weather same yeah you don't need to say I feel the same way or it's the same for me all you have to
do is say same right or here's another one do you want to go to the park yeah but I have to leave by
5 30 for dinner same so we'll just go for a little yeah and there is something about that connection
moment where you realize your circumstances or your preferences are the same as that other person
that does bring you a sense of bonding would you say so yeah I think so and like this one was about
the schedule right like oh I do too right I could have said oh I do too I also have to leave early
but same just I don't know it just it's kind of cool casual connects you a little more I think and
it's trendy it's trendy right now right that's that's the important thing you know 2023 it's
it's popular at this moment and probably will be for the next couple of years okay right another
example I think this slide needs a little work you do yeah I'm free later today to work on it okay
that's great um I have a meeting at two though same so let's do one perfect yeah so there's an
example of at work your your you're not giving a presentation you're not leading a meeting you're
working out logistics in a backing and forth with your colleague right right right right right right
just working it out um so yeah we wanted to show you that this can be used at work it can be used
at work yeah yeah and let's do one more um I was a huge boy band fan when I was younger who did you
like uh oh Town same actually that's not true for me I know I know I just have to stick that
in there oh painful painful for me to say that um yeah no I think uh age-wise I think I miss the boy
bands a little bit by a few years you were a prime boy band yeah target audience Michelle yes yes yes
all right Michelle so how can this actually connect us what do you think all right well
I think this is a fun way to show that we share something in common yeah and like we said it can
also be used for things like scheduling things like we used in the examples um so I just think
that it's one word it's so simple and it's just a really good way to kind of tie things up and say
oh me too right tie things up just we're about to say right now yeah it's short it's sweet it's
simple it's direct and it's trendy I mean meaning it's in style like you'll sound relevant you know
I think one thing that you guys might be worried about our listeners is sounding irrelevant because
maybe you learned something in a textbook in you know 1995 and you don't know if that's
relevant well on this show we will show you what is relevant Michelle do you find yourself using
this a lot talking to other moms about issues with your kids yeah like anything opinions on products
just Mom stuff yeah no probably not maybe on the mom's maybe on like the product but also
just like you know when you're kind of venting about something that might be difficult like you
know or you know like I mean it's funny with with um my son I was so obsessed with his nap schedule
because I could be and so yeah my friend and I always used to vent about that oh and then we have
to be home for the nap oh same same you know and like now with my daughter it's like anything goes
because I'm just following around the big kid so oh that's so funny I love that that's where they
say first child syndrome comes from it's true it's true and then there's a lot of mom guilt with that
because I feel you know yeah she'll be okay I'm a second child she'll be more than okay I almost
think she'll be better than okay to be honest I I'm a first child and I think I was doted over
a little too much to be honest um yeah I don't know keep going well I just know like as a first
child and it's not all about your your birth order obviously I would love to see what our listeners
think about this maybe we'll do a poll in Spotify or something right if you listen on Spotify we can
now do polls by the way which is super cool we'll see if our listeners are our first child second
child but anyways my theory is that yeah I grew up first child two and a half years no one else in my
universe but me I was the most important thing in my parents life and sometimes that does carry over
in my ego as an adult really in relationships just in like think yeah I don't it's hard to describe
but I can be a little selfish sometimes yeah it's true [Laughter] um but you know so who knows it's
just a theory but really interesting stuff yeah well it's interesting not to like yeah no this is
a totally different topic guys but this is real life when you know they're twists and turns and
conversations but I do notice sometimes like when my daughter you know like my son needs constant
it took him like even when he was a baby like he didn't play by himself you know he always needed
my attention and with her I noticed you know I can stick her in front of like a whole box of
toys and she kind of she just kind of looks at them and so I have thought about that already
and like how that could carry over later in life yeah it's really interesting really interesting
so anyways we'll get back to it guys but you're right Michelle this is truly real conversation it
happens all the time when I'm speaking with you know my partner other native speakers friends
there's always two or three threads going on in one conversation yeah oh right and we we cut to
these other things very very quickly and then back to the other thing maybe two things going
on two conversations happening at the same time right right right it's true and then back and
forth and back and forth so yeah this is real stuff guys but uh getting back to it so just
other ways to say this and some of these were in that other episode as well but I wanted to
touch on them so yeah me too of course is one two yeah so here we go I love chocolate cake me too
yeah it's very good stuff or I agree all right also great right yeah so we should leave at four
to make it there by five I agree there's so much traffic right or ditto this is fun this is really
fun oh we could do a whole other episode on this Michelle all right okay yeah we actually could so
um here we go all right okay that's me oops sorry um I love Paris in the springtime ditto
hmm I love Paris in the fall too by the way it's also really nice in the fall yeah uh Common Thread
is Paris anyway uh Michelle what's our takeaway for our listeners on this same this use of same
yeah well this is a fun way to connect it can be connecting on opinions or things in your life that
you do maybe the same style whatever it is or it can even be used to work on Logistics figure out
schedules so it's a very versatile word even though it's just one word and I I love those
words where you just take it in 100 different directions so we like to do episodes on just one
word sometimes we do it's kind of interesting that it's not about the number of words you use that
builds the strength of the connections right you can use a word like same and build a connection
immediately that sense of being in someone's shoes or in the same boat feeling just with one word we
don't need to dress it up with all these stories or saying fancy things in perfect grammar it's
just the right word at the right time guys can be incredibly powerful right right right exactly I
love that Lindsay well this was fun guys thank you so much for listening and we hope you have
a great day good stop Michelle I'll see you very soon take care of that voice thank you bye [Music]
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