Show notes page - https://levelupenglish.school/podcast4Become a Level Up Member-- https://levelupenglish.schoolTranscript-- https://levelupenglish.school/transcripts (Members Only)Expression of Today: Turophobia - is the fear of what?Muhammed asked on Facebook -Why are there some letters that we don-t pronounce?--For example: Know, Listen, Often, Neighbour29% of English is French (France was the main language after the 1066 invasion for 600 years)Examples of French words: Beef, Pork, Pastry, Salad, Portrait, Capitalism, Camoflague26% of English is from Germanic languages (including Old English, Old Norse and Dutch)Old Norse words are often concrete nouns, things we can feel. They often have hard consonants, such as -dirt, gun, club-Words with silent Ks usually come from Old Norse and the K used to be pronounced. Over time, the pronunciation changed but the spelling remained the same.In Old English, the E used to be pronounced. -Bite- used to have two syllables.-6% of English comes from Greek- - it-s a very old language and supposedly the first to use an alphabet with vowels (AEIOU) and consonants (BCDFG).-Philosophy (pronounced like -FILO..-)Phobia (something you-re scared of)English also likes to borrow words from other languages. Tsunami, karate (Japanese)-Caravan (Persian---French---English)Know - Comes from old English. The K has stopped being pronounced.Listen - Also form Germanic languages. The T is quite hard to say so probably why it stoppedOften - Middle English - Can be pronounced both waysNeighbour - Old English -- from nēah -nigh, near- + gebūr -inhabitant, peasant, farmer-Game of Thrones Expressions-Lady of Winterfell, [it] has a nice ring to it-If something -has a nice ring- that means it sounds good or is pleasing to the ear.-Sir John? That has a nice ring to it--It had its moments-This means that an event was not completely boring or terrible. Some parts were fun or interesting.-The party last night had its moments--I-m sure you weren-t thrilled to hear the Lannister armies are marching North.-To be thrilled means to be happy about something.-I-m sure you weren-t thrilled to see it-s raining today.-------------------Instagram: @english_with_michaelFacebook: /englishwithmichaelYoutube: /c/englishwithmichaelIf you-d like to check out the course The Road to Advanced English Grammar, click below.Join Now: https://courses.levelupenglish.school/courses/roadtogrammarHope to see you there! Support the show