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We are starting October, so it's getting a little chilly these days and we have to dress warmly,
but what happens in October?
Here's a little hint for everybody also, here we go.
So, what happens in October?
For everybody that said Halloween, you're right on the ball.
So, October is time for Halloween.
So, we see pumpkins or Happy Halloween and trick or treat.
So, speaking of Halloween, during this season a lot of the times in the States,
what people do is they have pumpkin contests.
So, people with the biggest pumpkin may win a prize
or we also have jack-o-lantern contests where you kind of carve the pumpkin,
make different faces, so you can see who has the most scariest or who has the most funniest pumpkin faces.
Also, we do trick or treating.
This is where kids have their little bucket of pumpkin, going to different houses to get candy.
So, you see little kids going around saying, 'Trick or treat.'
So the key word here, trick or treat.
If you are ever in the United States during Halloween, don't forget to say, 'Trick or treat.'
So now it's time for Japanese English.
Now, have you ever spoke to a native American person and you're speaking to them in English
and they look at you, like, 'What did you say? What was that?'
And you're confident it's English.
These may be Japanese English. So, we've covered some today.
The topic would be vacation. So, here are some.
Number 1, we have 'second house' which would be 'vacation house'.
So, imagine if you have maybe 4 or 5 of these houses.
It would be strange to say 'fourth house', 'third house', so in America we say 'vacation house'.
So, next time when you're going traveling to a house for a vacation, you can say,
'I'm going to my vacation house.'
Another one would be, how's about this? 'Morning call.'
Any of you make morning calls when you're at the hotel during your vacation?
Ah, this is actually 'wake up call'.
So, if you're on a vacation and you're staying at a hotel and you want them to call you in the morning,
you can say, 'Sorry, can you please give me a wake up call?'
The last one for today would be 'daylight savings'. Anybody heard of that?
I think you call it 'summer time'. This is actually 'daylight savings' in the United States.
This is where the hours are shortened, because the sun is not on as much during the winter.
This starts the first Sunday in April and it ends on the last Sunday of October.
So, after daylight savings it's officially winter, so we think, 'Yes, holiday season is here.'
So, let's be careful on Japanese English.
Let's not make the mistake of saying, 'I'm going to my second house,'
but let's say, 'I'm going to my....' You're right! Vacation house.
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