Justin, an American from Texas and Easy Languages family member joins us to talk about money, driving on the left, the Royal Family, plus culture shocks and strange similarities between Brits and people from the United States Interactive Transcript Support Easy English and get interactive transcripts and bonus content for all our episodes: easyenglish.fm/membership Transcript Intro Mitch: [0:23] Hello, everybody. Isi: [0:24] Hello. Mitch: [0:25] Welcome to another episode of the Easy English Podcast. Isi, we have an exciting episode today, right? Isi: [0:33] Yes. Mitch: [0:35] Why is that? Isi: [0:36] We have a guest from our Easy Languages family. And, it will be exciting and interesting. Maybe we let our guests introduce themselves. Mitch: [0:49] Yes, greetings to our mystery guest. Who are you Justin: [0:54] Hello hello, my name is Justin, and I am a part of the Easy Languages family. I've been with Easy Languages for over four years now, which is beautiful, amazing. - Wow. - Yes. - And I'm really... yeah, I'm really excited to be on this Easy English podcast, because my native language is English. I grew up in the United States, in Houston, Texas, to be specific. But I also lived in Manchester, UK for a bit of time, around nine months, I want to say. And yeah, there are definitely a lot of differences. Some of them I kind of yearn to go back for, if I'm being honest. Mitch: [1:40] Wow, amazing. That's a good introduction. And you're a really amazing guest to have on to do these comparisons and contrasts, I guess. Can I ask a question before we start, Justin? Justin: [1:53] Yeah, go ahead. Mitch: [1:53] Can you name us some famous people from where you're from? Where in Texas were you from again? Justin: [1:59] I'm from Houston, Texas. And the most famous person that I will always represent is Beyoncé. Mitch: [2:03] Oh, really!? Justin: [2:04] Beyoncé is from Houston, Texas. Yes. So is all of the Destiny's Child. Some younger artists that I know. Post Malone is from Texas. Mitch: [2:14] Really? Wow! Justin: [2:15] Yes. But... Khaled, if you know that artist. Isi: [2:20] Yeah. Mitch: [2:21] DJ Khaled? Justin: [2:22] Not that one. The one that made that like breezy song. I forgot what it's called. Mitch: [2:29] Is Dolly Parton from Texas? Justin: [2:31] I was thinking about that, but I think she's from Tennessee. Mitch: [2:35] Because with Texas, it comes with a stereotype of people that look a bit like Dolly Parton in my mind. That's what I always think of. Justin: [2:42] I mean, they do exist. - Cowboy hats, cowboy boots. - The "bless your heart", type of people. Bless your heart, darling. Those people exist for sure. Mitch: [2:51] Pumpkin pie, people. Justin: [2:54] Matthew McConaughey. He's from Texas. Mitch: [2:57] Wow. All right, all right, all right. Justin: [3:00] Yes. He actually was a professor at the United... at the University of Texas in Austin. Mitch: [3:07] Wow. From Matthew McConaughey to Liam Gallagher, you went from. But this is great. This is already good. I'm already sort of getting a sense for the cultural comparisons that we're going to get. So, I believe you've prepared a list of certain contrasts and similarities for our 'Topic of the Week', right? Justin: [3:31] Yes. Mitch: [3:32] Okay, let's get started with that.