Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Noun Phrase eighty-six. The noun phrase today
is a broken record. Okay. Let's take a look at the note. All right. We got two
definitions. Here's the first definition. A damaged record that had a skip. Yeah.
A skip was like if you ever remember the old black vinyl records where there
was a part of the album that got damaged and the needle would actually jump and
it was a skip and it would repeat the same part of that song over and over
again. So that's what they mean here. A damaged record that had a skip which
constantly repeated a part of a song over and over again. Yeah. I don't know
but like I said if you're old enough to remember this Like if it was the
Beatles song. like I love you. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It would be like, I love you, I love
you, I love you and then it would just be repeating it over and over again. That's
what we mean. So okay. So this is the original meaning. Of course we're
probably not going to use this quite as much anymore because it's hard to find
records. They have become like antiques now and they become kind of obsolete, but the
second meaning we still do use and it comes directly from this first meaning.
So here's the second meaning. If someone expresses a statement or opinion
frequently, especially an annoying one. We say that someone sounds like or has
become a broken record. Or we might say why do you make me sound like a broken
record ? Why do I have to be like a broken record ? Don't make me feel like a
broken record. We often hear people say it that way.
All right. So let's look at a couple of examples here. Example number one. I hate
to sound like a broken record. Well how many times have I told you not to do
that ? This is a typical way that we might hear it used or number two. Don't make me
become a broken record. Why don't you just listen and follow what I say ? Okay.
Good and this part is also good to note too. The last part here. The British say a
stuck record. So they actually say it in a different way. So Americans say a
broken record and the British say a stuck record. Anyway, I hope you got it. I
hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.