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FirstquestionthisweekcomesfromSilas.
Hi, Silas.
SilassaysHi, Alicia.
How's itgoing?
I'd liketoknowthemeaningoftheexpression.
Weirdflex, butokay.
Andhowdo I useitin a sentence.
Okay, thisis a bitofrecentslangWeirdflex, butokay.
Andthenweadd, butOK, attheendtomean, I don't reallyunderstand, Butallright, sotogiveanexampleofthis, if I onTwitter, right, like I spent $3000 onsocksthismonth, whoand I talkabouthowexcited I am?
I'm likeshowingoffthat I spent $3000 onsocks.
SomeonemightrespondtomeWeirdflex, butokay, sothatmeanslikeit's strangethatyouwanttoshowoffthatyouspend $3000 onsockslikethat's a reallystrangethingtobeexcitedabout, butokay, sotogiveanotherexample, yourfriendmighttellyousomethinglike, I havethebiggestcollectionofrocksinmywholeneighborhoodandyoumightsay, WeirdFlex, butokay.
Soagain, it's like, That's a strangethingthatyouwanttoshowoff, butokay, Whateveritislike, it's nothurtinganybody.
It's just a littlebitweirdthatyouwanttoshowthatofforyouwanttobragorboastaboutthatthing.
Sothat's whatweirdflex, Butokay.
Meansyouseethisone a lotonline.
I hopethatthathelpsyou.
Thanksverymuchforthisinterestingquestion.
Okay, let's moveontoyournextquestion.
NextquestioncomesfromRigginsRiggins.
Hi, Riggins.
Rigginssayshi, Alicia.
I'm RigginsfromHaiti.
I'm goodinEnglish.
Butdueto a lackofpractice, I'vekindoflostmytouchbecause I'm sickandtiredofthelearningprocess.
So I'd liketoknowhowtokeepmyEnglishup.
Please.
Okay.
First, I'm surethatyou'renottheonlypersonlike I losemotivation.
Allthetime.
I wouldsaythatifyouarehavingtroublekeepingyourmotivationup, youshouldtrylookingfor a differentwaytopracticeor a differentwaytouseEnglish.
So, forexample, ifthere's a hobbythatyouhaveinyournativelanguage, youcouldtrydoingthatinEnglish.
Ormaybethere's a bookor a moviethatyouarereallyinterestedin.
Orthatseemscool.
AndyouwanttounderstandthatinEnglish.
I wouldsuggesttryingtofindsomethingthat's notlike a traditionaltextbookorit's not a traditionalwayoflearning, likegoingtoclassanddoingworksheetsandthatkindofthing I wouldsuggestactuallytryingtouseEnglishinyoureverydaylifeto, like, doyourworkortostudysomethingortoaccomplish a hobby.
Maybeyoumake a newfriendwhocanspeakonlyEnglish, so I wouldsuggestfindingsomethingoutsideof a traditionallearningsettingtodio.
I thinkthatthatmighthelpyou a littlebitwithyourmotivationthathashelpedme a lotinthepast.
Actuallymakingfriendswithpeoplewhocannotspeakmylanguagehasbeenhugelymotivatingforme, and I triedtostudythevocabularywordsthattheyoftentalkabouton.
I triedtolearnfromtheirspeechpatterns, too, so I wouldsuggesttryingtofindsomethingtodowithotherpeopleasmuchaspossiblethatusesEnglish.
So I hopethatthishelpsyouandhelpsotherpeoplewiththeirmotivationissues.
Ithappenstoallofusatsomepointintime, but I hopethatthesetipscanhelp.
Intoday's English, however, lotsofpeopleusecantowaskforpermissiontodosomethingWedonot, however, useMaytotalkaboutability, solet's take a lookatsomeexamples.
Can I gototherestroom?
May I gototherestroom?
Can I leaveearlytoday?
May I leaveearlytoday.
Sointoday's English, he's allrefertothesamething.
They'reallrequeststousetherestroomortoleaveearly.
Ah, intoday's AmericanEnglish, I wouldsaythatusingmaytendstosound a littlebitmoreformalthanusingcan.