Proper English S2 E39: Annoying, Irritating and Irksome


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Apr 05 2021 11 mins  

This week we're talking about all the different words, phrases and idioms we have in English describe things or people that we find annoying. We use quite a few in this episode! And those two little old ladies, Mabel and Sylvia are back illustrating the Idiom of the Week - in the aftermath of the Parish Council elections, which one of them was 'beside themselves with rage', do you think?


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This podcast uses the following music as the opening and closing themes, and also for incidental music:


Bright Wish by Kevin MacLeod


Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3458-bright-wish


License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


We also used the following sound from Freesound:


cafe - takk, northern quarter, manchester by AntonyBK


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