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today my friends is a very, very special day.
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E don't really know how Thio to start this video.
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It's been a long time coming on.
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I didn't predict this toe happen.
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I didn't predict Thio receive what is in this box right in front of me.
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I've waited toe open it in front of you guys because you are the people that created this channel.
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I simply make the videos.
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You guys air here to make everything happen.
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You give me requests.
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You leave me beautiful comments you bright in my day every day with great comments And I felt like it's only right to share this moment with my family, which is you.
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I know what's inside.
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I think a lot of you do too.
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But for those of you who don't hold your horses, let's open it first before I start talking the oh, I'm just gonna take this thing out, take the plastic covering off What's It's heavier than I thought.
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I wasn't really sure how heavy it was going to be Way Dio.
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So this thing means a lot.
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If you aren't completely familiar with YouTube, you don't know how it works.
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Well, what happens in terms of rewards is when you reach a particular milestone on your channel, you receive a reward like this s O.
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This is for reaching 100,000 subscribers on YouTube.
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That's 100,000 off you people on day also send you a nice little letter from Susan, who is the CEO off YouTube.
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Now I know that it does say the same thing when they send it to everyone I know.
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Susan definitely doesn't have the time to write her own letter.
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To me, this is going to sound really, really sad, but I'm actually quite impressed by the quality off this paper.
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E probably spill red wine on it at some point, but for now it's nice and clean, and it's nice and strong, so let's read it shall way.
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So this is the message that came with my reward.
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You've just done something that very few YouTube creators accomplish.
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You had on astonishing 100,000 people subscribe to your channel.
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We know that numbers on YouTube could get really big, but we hope that you don't lose sight off the reality behind that six digit milestone.
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Each and every person who has subscribed to your channel.
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That's you has been touched by what you created.
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They were inspired, challenged or entertained.
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I'd also like to add, hopefully educated.
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You achieve this milestone with hard work, perseverance and probably a healthy sense of humor to Well, I do.
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Try what you've accomplished can't be taken away from you.
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We'd like to recognize you on all your hard work with this Silver Creator awards.
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Well, thank you very much.
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A small token off our esteem.
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Andi, respect.
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We know that you don't do this for rewards.
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You do it because you have a drive to create and share because you found an audience.
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Who cares?
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Believe us when we say that we can't wait to see what you do next.
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A million subscribers may seeing a long way off now, it sure does.
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But you're closer than you think On we're rooting for you.
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Congratulations.
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Yours sincerely, Susan.
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I can't pronounce her last name and she is the CEO off YouTube.
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Well, thank you very much, Susan.
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Thank you very much.
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YouTube.
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But now is the part where I need to thank you.
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I'm not very good at this kind of thing, but I really wanted to dedicate this video to thanking you.
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This channel means a lot to me.
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Um, I know I have my own business.
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I teach English outside of this channel.
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Now, we reached 100,000 in kind of like January time, the beginning of 2000 and 18.
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A few months later, we're already on 150,000.
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So that's 150,000 off you now.
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I don't like to throw numbers around Number one.
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I hate maths.
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I hate numbers.
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Anything to do with numbers drives me crazy.
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S o.
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I like to think of you guys.
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You know, this 100,000 in the 50 other 1000 of you that we're watching now I like to think of you as humans, not as a number s.
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Oh, yes.
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This award is amazing.
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100,000.
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That's crazy.
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Some people dream of getting this, but I like to think of it as 100,000 people with identities.
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You're all people who want to learn British English.
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You love British English.
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Andi, I hope you also like my way of teaching on.
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That's why you've hit that subscribe button.
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It's as much your award as it is mine.
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Believe me, if I could cut this into pieces like a pizza on, give it to all of you, I would They'd be very small pieces.
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Though We are a community together off people that are passionate about pronunciation on British English on bond, it really means a lot that you guys have supported me.
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Some of you are still watching now from years ago when I first started these videos and I only had 10 subscribers.
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I know some of you are still watching.
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Now the main reason I want to say thank you is because when I started this channel, I had a big problem with confidence.
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We don't need to talk about that, but this helped me.
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I wake up every morning.
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It's a lovely comments from you guys telling me how useful this lesson waas or giving me ideas for my next video.
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I really get a lot off positive comments from you guys, and that really puts a big smile on my face.
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I wake up every morning with a big smile because of the comments you leave me.
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It's nice knowing that while I'm asleep, you're learning from me while I'm sleeping.
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You know, that's that's just a great feeling.
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But it's also the fact that I can reach some of you who are in those places in the world that maybe can't afford my online course.
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People have different situations in different countries, but the one thing we have is YouTube or most of us have on we can share our time together on E T J English.
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I don't want to make this all about me.
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Really.
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This is about you.
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This award is as much yours as it is mine.
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I'm sorry that we're not really learning anything today, but I just really had to talk about this.
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And don't worry, this is only just the beginning of e t j English.
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The lessons are going to get better.
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Hopefully you're going to get better with your pronunciation on.
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Hopefully I'll meet loads more of you.
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Thank you very much.