3 Pronunciation Hiccups that we Fix for You Today

90% of S2S users have mispronounced these 3 words in August. Good news is our assessors have caught this and brought to the learners' attention in personal feedback reports. Now we share this with you so that you learn from others' mistakes

🔠 Genuine — real, honest, or authentic
"When you say you don't know something, it makes the dialogue more genuine"

/ˈdʒɛn.ju.ɪn/

🔠 Indigenous — The first people who lived in a place, before others came
“The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand”

/ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ə.nəs/

🔠 Pejoratively — in a negative way to make fun of or belittle someone
“Some people use the word ‘nerd’ pejoratively to mock smart kids”
[P again! Attentive readers'll get the insider joke]

/pəˈdʒɔːr.ə.tɪv.li/

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🔠 Delulu — Short for "delusional." It means someone is believing something that is obviously not true, usually in a silly or hopeful way. Often used for having unrealistic crushes or wild dreams about becoming famous.

Origin: Popularized by K-Pop fan communities to describe unrealistic fantasies about idols.

🔠 No Cap — "No lie" or "for real." Saying "no cap" means you are being completely honest and not exaggerating.

Origin: "Cap" has been African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) slang for "lie" since the early 1900s. "No cap" became a popular phrase in Atlanta hip-hop and rap music before exploding on social media.

🔠 Rizz — Short for "charisma." It means the ability to attract, charm, and flirt with people smoothly. If you have "rizz," you're good at talking to your crush.

Origin: Coined by streamer Kai Cenat.

🔠 Fanum Tax — Playfully stealing a friend's food. If your friend has a snack, you can jokingly take a bite and call it the "Fanum Tax."

Origin: Comes from streamer Fanum, who was famous for taking food from his streaming friends, especially from Kai Cenat. His community began calling this act the "Fanum Tax."

🔠 Mouse Jiggler — A physical device or software program that makes your computer mouse move slightly on its own. People use them to trick their computer into thinking they are actively working, so it doesn't go to sleep or show them as "away" on messaging apps.

Origin: The term is a literal description of its function. Its use as an office slang term exploded with the rise of remote work, as employees looked for ways to maintain an "active" status while stepped away from their desks.

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☺️ Online VS Offline English Clubs: unbiased review

Anyone still interested in offline education? Weirdly enough, @ybeymlina is. She's even looking for an offline Vietnamese teacher in DN. Could be of Russian, English, or Vietnamese origin, the main requirement is a strong methodological approach. So if you know one, please recommend. With this in mind, she has attended 4 local English speaking clubs to compare their vibes to online offerings. Here're her findings

➕ Pros of offline English clubs

🫧Great to get unglued from the screen after a long day
🫧You really get to see that the attendees have legs!
🫧Nice coconut drinks 🥥 served
🫧Sunset ocean breeze on your face, when not hosted in a stuffy room
🫧Good place to make friends to catch up for brunches after the club

➖ Cons of offline English clubs

🫧It gets quite loud and hard to hear people speak, also you get to shout at the top of your lungs. Good training for primary school teachers, though
🫧Low individual speaking time. Since there are no Zoom break out rooms to speak in pairs, the whole group listens to a few most domineering speakers (usually, it's Yulia)
🫧You only get to practice what you already know, without learning much new. Typically, there're questions to discuss, but no vocabulary input or pronunciation drills involved
🫧No feedback from the facilitator

Overall, there're 5 Pros and 4 Cons of offline English clubs 😂 If you set out to make new friends and socially unwind, opt for offline clubs. If your goal is to boost up your vocabulary and speaking skills from Intermediate+ level and above, our online club is the choice

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↗️ Public Speaking for Everyone: from ideas to execution under half an hour

Yesterday @ybeymlina ran an offline workshop on Public Speaking in Da Nang for an international audience. After American and European attendees left with rave reviews, it's time to face the reality and acknowledge: what we do here is way way beyond English learning

It's about communication, clarity, connecting with others and getting heard

After watching the video, you walk away with:
🫧understanding your gains & losses in Public Speaking
🫧how to generate public speaking ideas that hit the spot
🫧3 step execution approach that pushes you out of procrastination
🫧∞ energy to get heard

Timecode:
00:00 Why now is the best moment to record this video. Sleep deprivation and perfromance, unexpected relationship
03:10 Video overview
03:45 Meet Yulia. Her life in 5.5 figures
05:59 Your why: gains and losses in public speaking
10:18 Getting ideas for public speaking. Internal and external sources. Formats
15:30 Execution: the 3 step approach that will kill procrastination. 1 common pitfall to avoid
22:37 Your SMART goal
23:26 Wrapping up

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Execution: disambiguation (3 use cases)

Yesterday, after publishing the video "Public Speaking: from ideas to execution," a friend of @ybeymlina reached out asking:

"Execution is killing something, right? You wanna kill ideas, wtf?"

Here's our public clarification. Spoiler: No, we don't kill ideas

Let’s break down execution:

🫧Etymology

From Latin exsequi = ex- (“out, completely”) + sequi (“to follow”)
Core sense: “carrying out, following through”

🫧Key Meanings

1. Carrying out a plan / order
execution of a contract, plan, duty = putting it into action

2. Legal punishment, death 🧛
the execution of the prisoner = killing as a penalty

3. Computing
program execution = running code on a computer

So the core thread = “carrying something through to the end" Sometimes it ends in a result (contract done, program runs), sometimes in a death (punishment)

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🔠 P*3T = 3 Profound Pronunciation Pitfalls

The sponsor of this post is a "love Triangle 🔺" Not because we're into geometry or Bollywood, but because S2S users trip over this word left and right as they discuss top 3 most popular Amazon books this week. Get clear on 🔺 and 3 more top mispronounced English words that start with "T"

1. Thorough - complete, careful, detailed
"CTO did a thorough code review — every line of the legacy code"

/ˈθʌr.ə/

2. Tenacious - not giving up, very determined
"Tenacious founder never quits, even after 10 failures"

/təˈneɪ.ʃəs/

3. Tangible - something real, you can touch it (not just an idea)
"As soon as you get first tangible results, it's time to raise your seed"

/ˈtændʒə.bəl/

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