Name: Polite English Phrases To Say Rude Things. | English Speaking Practice Lesson To Speak Confidently
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Hey friends, welcome back to a new lesson. Sometimes we need to say certain things that

may sound offensive or a little rude to the other person, right? So in today's class we

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are going to take a look at “polite ways of saying, not so polite things” yeah, like

I just said, we need to say some things and sound more sensitive when we talk about it,

so other people don't feel that we are being insensitive or we are being too rude or maybe

too upfront, right? So let's take a look at few things that we need to be a little more

sensitive about. The first one is “passed away”, now a passed away means the death

of someone, right? So when you make an announcement to your family you don't say, my grandfather

died, right? Though it's true, he is no longer alive… you don't say he died you say he

passed away, it's a more polite way of saying he died, okay? So remember don't say he died,

you say he passed away, alright? Now there's another slang way of saying this and that

is, “he kicked the bucket”. Well I would suggest you do not say it this way, don't

use the slang by saying, he kicked the bucket… because some people may feel that you are

being insensitive and you're making fun of someone's death, alright? So well be aware

that this slang he kicked the bucket means someone passed away, alright? So remember

when you talk about someone's death or when you want to say someone died, just say he

passed away, okay? Now let's move on to the next one, “he didn't make it”. Now sometimes

people meet with a fatal accident and by the time they rushed to the hospital, the doctors

tried really hard to bring the person back alive and the person gives up, right? Or sometimes

you are fighting a terminal illness and the medication just stops working and that time

when we lose the person we say, ‘he didn't make it’, okay? That means he died. Maybe

it was a very fatal injury or an illness and you don't say that, ‘oh, he didn't survive

it, you know the medication didn't work…’ you just say, he didn't make it. So we rushed

him to the hospital, it was too late and he didn't make it, alright? Well friends the

next one “put to sleep”. Now we mainly use this when we talk about animals or probably

a pets that are suffering, right? So sometimes when say for example a dog grows really old

he's 14-15 years and his body just gives up he cries in pain and your vet feels it's better

to put him to sleep, that means to terminate his life, right? So that he no longer suffers

or cries in pain, alright? Now put to sleep, the correct verb that we use for this is “euthanized”

okay, euthanized means put to sleep. So you can choose whatever you feel, if you don't

want to be too harsh and say we euthanized our dog, you can say we put him to sleep.

That means you willingly terminate his life, alright? So we you don't say we kill them

because that's not what you're doing, you are just freeing him from the pain and suffering

by terminating his life alright, that means you put him to sleep or euthanized your pet.

Alright friends, so remember this is more polite way of saying that you have terminated

your pet’s life. The next one “differently abled”. Now we use this when you want to

say someone is disabled, alright? But you don't say he's disabled or you may not want

to say he's physically challenged, okay or you don't want to say he is mentally challenged

or something like that they are different people who have certain inborn, you know,

disability and when you talk about them, you can just say he is differently abled, rather

than saying he has this disability or he is disabled, we just call them differently abled

means they are differently abled, it's the same meaning as disabled, okay friends? So

when you say someone is disabled or is mentally challenged or physically challenged, maybe

visually challenged, you say, okay he is differently abled and it's a very subtle and polite and

most importantly a non-offensive way of talking about these people, alright? Now let's take

a look at the next one, “lost one's marbles”. Now sometimes certain situations or events

in our life, kind of tip you off, right? And you just lose your mental balance and I mean

in the real sense. So when a mentally… a doctor who deals with mental patients, wants

to say that someone has gone mad or crazy, you don't say he's gone mad or he's crazy

okay, we just say, he's lost his marbles. It's a very polite way of saying someone in

the real sense, has lost his mental balance. Okay friends, but remember when you talk and

when you use this expression, be a little serious, don't start laughing because it's

really not funny. Be a little sensitive and say, yes he lost his marbles, okay? So this

is a more polite way of saying someone is cracked or he's mad and he's crazy… don't

use those expressions. The next one, “exotic dancers”. Well we all know what dances mean

but when do we say exotic dancers? There are a lot of strippers or who do strip shows,

right? So you cannot call them, ‘oh, so you're a stripper, huh?’ No, they do not

like to be called that way, what they like to be called or known as is an ‘exotic dancer’.

So an exotic dancer is not someone who does you know like, salsa or jive, it's just that

he's a stripper or she's a stripper and we do not use the word stripper we just call

them exotic dancers. Alright friends, so well a little respect to them also, remember to

call them exotic dancers. The next one, “powder my nose”. Now imagine you are at a dinner

with friends, with colleagues or family okay, and you need to use the washroom… so you

may feel a little odd or embarrassed you know, well you don't want to say I want to go to

the washroom, so all you need to say is, ‘I'm just going to powder my nose’, okay? Powder

your nose doesn't mean literally this, but it means you need to use the washroom, okay?

And well know this remember, so all you need to say is, ‘powder my nose’, so I'm just

going to powder my nose, I'll be back in a minute. That means you want to go to the washroom.

Okay, so well a nicer way of saying use the washroom, ‘I'm going to powder my nose’.

The next one, “doing time”. Well doing time means you you've been in prison. So when

you talk about someone who has been in prison and you don't want to say it very upfrontly

or boldly or maybe directly, all you can say is, ‘he has been doing time’ and it means

he has been in jail. Well we have a more polite expression here because when you use the word

jail or prison, it may be a little offensive to the people whom you're talking about or

maybe people whom you're related to, so the better and the nicer way to say is, ‘he

has been doing time’. So doing time means nothing but serving or serving time in prison

or has been in prison, okay? The last one, “light-fingered”. Well sometimes there

are people who are very, very smart and they walk into a store, they'll keep the storekeeper

busy and all they do is just slightly flick things away, alright? So a person who's a

thief, is very light finger because even though you're front of him and you're busy talking

to him you have no idea it takes him a second to just steal things away and that is why

we call them light-fingered. Well that doesn't mean his fingers are light in weight, just

means they are so quick with their fingers that you don't even know when they have stolen

something from your store. So when you want to say someone is a thief or has a habit of

stealing things, do not say he's a thief, okay? What you can say is, be careful of him

he's light-fingered, okay? Okay friends, so these are some expressions that you could

go ahead and use and remember they save you because you actually say impolite things or

not so polite things in a very polite way, okay? And well this brings me to the end of

this lesson, I hope you enjoyed watching it. Go ahead and use these expressions when you

have to, I'll be back soon with a new lesson till then take care and bye.