Name: English Topics - Things Every American Child Knows
Uploaded: 2020-07-03T02:05:32.000Z
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Alisha: Hi, everybody! my name is Alisha and I'm here in the studio today with …

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Alisha: Today, we're going to be talking about things that every American kid knows.

These are going to be things that we think that, maybe, now, I imagine most or all American

kids are aware of or have done to some degree.

So, let's compare, why don't you start us off.

I think everybody knows this, everybody still should know this is the “the magic word.”

So, usually when you want to like get someone to say, “Please,” you're trying to teach

little kids how to be polite, teach them proper manners and so you say, “What's the magic

Fr example, “Hey, Mom, can I have a cookie?”

It's better than saying, “Say, 'please.'”

I feel like saying, “What's the magic word is…?”

It's kind of like a more fun way to tell kids, “Be polite.”

Michael: Kind of hypocritical to be like, “Say, 'please.'”

Michael: “Well, that's not very polite, Mom.”

I picked--okay you'll see in a second what I picked…Let's start with…

I think kids probably all over the world are aware of this one or some variation.

I know it's called many different languages but hide-and-seek.

Hide-and-seek is a very, very basic game.

I mean that the game is explained pretty much here, “hide” and “seek.”

A bunch of kids hides and then one person usually seeks or looks for all the other kids.

This was one of those games that you'd play with a group of friends or even just with

one of your siblings if you don't have a whole lot of people.

But, the basic concept of the game is one or more people hide and then a few seconds

I assume that every child played this game.

Michael: Hours and hours and hours spent playing this game.

I mean, there's different variations of the game like you have a home base, usually, and

so, that's where the person starts and you usually you count to like what?

Michael: So, you close your eyes, the person who's it and they say, “1, 2, 3.”

And then, when you are finished you say, “Ready or not, here I come!”

And, you try to find them and then if you are hiding and you make it to the home base

and you touch it, you're free, you made it, you win.

Michael: Or like, I don't know, multiple people can win.

It's really like a young, young kid game.

I don't think I played it after 9 years old

Alisha: Yeah, I think maybe around junior high school was probably the last time that

I don't know, I bet it'd be fun as an adult too in the right situation

Michael: Make it a drinking game, something like that

Michael: I guess, talking about games, “thumb war.”

So, I think most people do this around the world.

They know the thumb war which is like this and you try to catch them.

But, the thing that not everyone knows is, and I think every American kid knows, is you

say, “1, 2, 3, 4, I declare a thumb war.

Michael: I don't remember that last part already

Alisha: You try to fight and keep the other person's thumb down.

Alisha: In retrospect, that's not a very good game, is it?

Alisha: People would always be kind of like get a little bit too into it and then they'd

sort of kind of try and rip their hands out of it.

Michael: Or, you use this finger, you cheat.

You do that and then you use this finger.

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