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0:00Hey there, Aubrey. What's going on today? I'm
great. How are you? I'm really good. Yeah,
0:05feeling good today. Um, but I I'm curious. I
have a question. You ready? Okay. Yes. Aubrey,
0:09have you been known to dotle? Oh, I am not one
to [laughter] doawottle. I am one that makes a
0:16beline for where I'm going. I think I'm a born New
Yorker. I really belong there still. I love that.
0:23I love that. I've been known to dotle. I've been
known to waddle as well, which is a combination
0:27of [laughter] running and walking. I always say
like when I don't go to the gym, I'm just gonna,
0:33you know, go for a jog around the park, but it's
kind of more of a waddle, which is kind of like
0:37a park. A jog and a like it's a walk and a run.
Walkrun, a run than walk. You know, it's lazy is
0:44what it is. So funny. So, I have to let listeners
know this is I feel like we should do a follow-up
0:48about the word waddle. [laughter] Um because I
feel like there's a real negative connotation
0:53there. If someone was to told me like, "You look
like you're waddling." I [laughter] would be like,
0:56"How dare you?" It's hilarious. It's so funny.
We'll cover that another day, guys. Hit the follow
1:02button if you want to hear more about this weird
vocabulary. But today, what are we getting into,
1:07Aubrey? Yeah. So, we are talking about dottle
and other ways that we say this of kind of slowly
1:13meandering, getting our way somewhere. This came
up in episode 2539, which was make a beline for
1:19better English. You and Michelle mentioned that
the phrases you were teaching were the opposite of
1:24doawle. I'm like we're doing a follow-up now with
all of these opposite meanings. Ah, I love it. I
1:30love it. Perfect. So, our listeners will have a
very well-rounded vocabulary. So, yeah, these are
1:34also just weird words, right? Especially the first
one, dottle. Very strange. It is. And it's spelled
1:39strangely. D A W D L E. Yeah. Yeah, it is strange.
It kind of just means to move or act slowly and
1:46definitely without urgency. I struggle going to a
museum with someone who likes to dotle because I'm
1:53very much like making my way through. I want to
see everything and a lot of people will want to
1:57dotle and really take more time at one painting.
So I'll be like, "Let's [snorts] split up. I'll
2:02meet you at the cafe in two hours." Yes. No, it's
true. There are people that really um we have
2:08uh a family member we've traveled with in the past
internationally and she's a daughter. She loves
2:13to go into like souvenir shops and we don't like
to do that. And [laughter] [gasps] but you know,
2:19she's great. She's fun. She makes up for it in
other ways. Loves to just celebrate and enjoy
2:24life, but she's a doler. So, how do you deal with
that personality clash sometimes? So tricky. Yes.
2:31You You say, "I'll meet you." Yes. [laughter]
Outside when you're done. Take your doawling
2:36time. I'm going to go over to the brewery across
the street. Right. Exactly. [laughter] Yeah. So,
2:42here's a couple examples. You know, we can't
doawtle if we want to catch the last train. So,
2:47that's moving like we need to pick up the pace.
We can't just walk slowly. Yep. Or he doawled over
2:53his lunch instead of getting back to work. So,
it's not just, you know, the way you're physically
2:58walking, although it often is. It could also just
be like going eating slowly. Oh my gosh. Just like
3:05on your phone eating slowly. You could also call
that doawling. Sure. Yeah. I had an aunt that used
3:10to eat so slowly. drove me nuts when she would
come and visit us. She would take an extra hour to
3:15eat her dinner and she would just so slow. Oh my
gosh, it drove us all crazy. [laughter] That's so
3:21interesting. Maybe like enjoying the conversation
or just eating slowly whether anyone literally
3:26everything was in slow motion. It was funny. Uh,
okay. Mosy is another good one. Um, and I use this
3:32and hear it much more for just like walking pace,
right? I wouldn't say someone's mosying about how
3:39they're eating. It's really about how quickly
someone's walking, right? So, this is again to
3:44walk or move slowly and casually in no particular
hurry. And you will see if you go to cities like
3:49you lived in New York, right? And I did too.
Uh you go to a small town, especially if you're
3:55living in a place like New York, you'll notice the
difference right away. Absolutely. My grandpa only
4:00mosied. He was a farmer and I never saw him walk
quickly in my life. Sure. Yeah, [laughter] just
4:06soy touch grains of straw as you walked. Sounds
like a good lifestyle to me right now. I don't not
4:12be hurried. Yeah, it sounds good. So, for example,
we mosied down the street stopping to look and
4:17shop windows. Good example. Is there another one?
And this Yeah, this can even happen in New York,
4:22right? When they're the beautiful Christmas
windows, you might just mosy around. You're
4:25not always in a hurry wherever you are. Another
example, after dinner, they mosied over to the
4:30cafe for dessert. Yeah. So, no hurry. So, New
Yorkers will mosy if they plan to mosey, right?
4:36Maybe they'll get a hot chocolate and make it like
a date or something. Through Central Park. Sure.
4:41But they have to plan to mosey to mosy. [laughter]
Exactly. And I will I can mosey if I have nowhere
4:47to be. [laughter] Yeah. And then amble is good.
This one's a little more rare. So for our IELTS
4:52candidates, I mean winning word, right? What
does this mean? Absolutely. All of these are
4:58band nine. IELTS words means again to walk slowly
and in a relaxed manner, right? An easy, unhurried
5:05way. You might say, "We ambled through the park
enjoying the spring weather." Very much the same
5:10meaning as mosy. Yeah. Or taurus ambled along the
beach at sunset. That's another scenario where you
5:17Yeah. You might amble, right? You're not going
to rush through your sunset walk, right? Right.
5:22You want to take your time and enjoy it. That's
a good time to amble. And then take one sweet
5:28time. This can be used as kind of a way to poke at
someone too in a fun way, right? This is how we do
5:33something slowly without concern for rushing. It
can frustrate other other people, right? Um, for
5:40example, I was frustrated when she took her sweet
time replying to my urgent email. Yeah. So, this
5:46is interesting. Sometimes there's a little bit
of vitrial here, right? You're like, "Stop taking
5:52your sweet time." Or, "She's taking her sweet
time." There's clear frustration, clear annoyance.
5:57But not always. Right. You might just say, "When I
really enjoy a book, I like to take my sweet time
6:03reading it." And then I just mean, I like to take
my time and enjoy it. Exactly. And yeah, I love
6:08this. If our listeners, guys, if you can add this
into your daily vocabulary, I mean, you're just
6:12adding color. You're adding life. Commentary on
life. Really powerful for connection, don't you
6:18think, Aubrey? Yes, absolutely. All right, let's
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6:57All right. Definitely. All right. In this role
play, Lindsay and I are sisters. We are getting
7:02ready to go meet up with friends. And Lindsay's
doawling a bit. [laughter] Maybe I'm like the
7:08younger sister or something, right? Yes. Right.
Maybe. Okay, I'll start us out. [snorts] Hey,
7:13don't dole, would you? We're going to be late if
we don't leave soon. Relax. It's a casual dinner,
7:18not a job interview. We can mosey over there.
It's only a few a few blocks away. That's what
7:23you said last time. And we ended up stopping to
look in every window along the way. Well, it's a
7:28nice evening. I like to amble when the weather's
good. No need to rush. But Margaret texted that
7:33they're already seated, so you need to stop taking
your sweet time. Embarrassing. You don't want to
7:38arrive late, right? Oh, right. They're seated.
Well, you have to go. This is so me. I'm like
7:43the responsible sister that's like, I want to be
on time. Let's go. Oh no. Yeah, for sure. Well,
7:48it is kind of awkward walking into a dinner
late, right? Especially if it's a dinner where
7:51everyone's seated, right? Yes. And I just feel
bad making people wait. And often, I don't know
7:57how this is in other countries, and let me know if
it's the same in Denver, but here in Arizona, most
8:03restaurants now won't seat you until your entire
party is there. Yeah. Which makes sense, right?
8:08But so then people are just waiting standing in
the entry because they won't let them be seated.
8:12Yeah, it started happening here, too. I kind of
makes sense, but I kind of disagree sometimes.
8:17I mean, maybe someone's just running late from
work. They are coming. They do need a seat, but
8:21they'll be 15 minutes late. Have a drink while I
wait. Yeah. Like, what's [laughter] Yeah, there's
8:26all sorts of things going on with restaurants
and reservations now that are changing. Yeah.
8:30Yeah. If they're busy, if they have a wait list,
then they're often going to do that. Like, you can
8:34have a drink at the bar and we'll seat you when
your party is here. Yeah. And I want to call out
8:38as we go back into this role play, the first line
is interesting, the construction. You said, "Hey,
8:43don't dole, would you?" Right. So, you're kind of
like asking me not to dole, but in a very natural,
8:49native way. Yes. Very sisterly, casual, um,
informally. Right. And I use this a lot. I'll say
8:58what it is I want. And then the would you would
you? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Yeah. I I think I say
9:05that too sometimes. Or will you? Um, that could be
an episode. I think that could be another episode
9:10for 2026 that we should go into. Yeah. Yeah. Be on
time, will you? Or would you? Yeah. [laughter] You
9:18have to make sure you're giving this to the
right person, though, because I wouldn't say
9:21this. It's really casual. So, I'd be careful.
Right. Right. Friends, close friends, sisters,
9:27not really co-workers, not formal at all. And it
also is there's this little bit of implication of
9:33annoyance usually when we're saying that. Yeah.
Stop doing that, would you? Right. It's it's
9:38annoyance. Yeah. And then I said mosy. So, uh,
it's a casual dinner. We can mosey over there.
9:43It's only a few blocks away, right? So, you're in
no hurry, right? But you probably don't know that
9:48our friends have been seated. So, I let you know
this. And you're like, "Oh, it's a nice evening. I
9:53like to amble when the weather's good." And I do,
too, right? If I have nowhere to be, I'm not in a
9:59hurry. I don't mind just amling when it's a nice
night out, but not if people are waiting for me.
10:05No. And in your opinion, that's not the situ the
situation we're in, right? So you said Margaret
10:11texted, they're seated. So you need to stop taking
your sweet time. This definitely is a tone you'd
10:15hear between sisters. Absolutely. And there's
definitely that implication of frustration,
10:20annoyance. You need to stop taking your sweet
time. I'm clearly annoyed. Again, you wouldn't
10:25say that to a coworker. Uh definitely not. But
good stuff, guys. Go and check out episode 2551.
10:32Embrace both meanings of this useful English
word. Go check out what that one's all about. Yes,
10:37embrace has some very a lot of meanings actually.
Go check it out. Yeah, we're gonna clear it up
10:42for you. Aubrey, what's our final takeaway for
today? Yeah, this is really interesting to think
10:48about you the the aspects of your personality
and what this says if you like to amble, if you
10:55like to doawle and that's an interesting to thing
to talk to people about, right? just to ask them,
11:00you know, how do you experience a museum? Do you
like to amble on a nice evening? That's that's a
11:07good connection topic, right? That's a great and
it's also like a deeper question about how are
11:11we living our lives? Not trying to get super
deep here, but yeah, how are you living your
11:16life? Like, are you rushing through everything or
are you actually taking time maybe once a week to
11:21have more of a a doawling walk? Right. It's true.
A lot of these examples, I read them and was like,
11:27"That sounds lovely, actually. Maybe I
need to do that more often." Kind of,
11:32right? Like this morning, I went to take my dog
for a walk and there was a weird really bright
11:36sun that was kind of caught behind the cloud.
So, it lit up the neighborhood in a strange way
11:41for 7 a.m. And I was like, maybe I won't put my
podcast in this morning. Maybe I'll just kind of
11:46slow down and enjoy how beautiful the light looks
right now. Right. Oh, I love that. It's true. As
11:52much as I love listening to a podcast on a walk,
you don't enjoy as much the sounds of nature,
11:58the what you're seeing. So, sometimes you do need
to unplug and really appreciate where you are. So
12:03true. And then come back to Allers's English
after that beautiful walk and [laughter] yeah.
12:07All right. Good stuff. Good stuff, Aubrey. We'll
see you in the next one. You have a good rest of
12:11your day. All right. You too. Awesome. See
you guys next time. All right. Bye. [music]
