Michelle Kaplan

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Aubrey Carter

On Part two of this series, Aubrey

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Aubrey Carter

Hello Michelle, how are you today?

Michelle Kaplan

I'm good, Aubry. I'm excited to be recording with you. Happy Saturday everyone.

Aubrey Carter

Yes, Happy Saturday everyone.

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Yeah.

Michelle Kaplan

So Aubry, I have a question for you.

Aubrey Carter

Okay.

Michelle Kaplan

Has anything nutty happened to you recently?

Aubrey Carter

Oh, good question. We're talking about this adjective nutty today and this is part two of a two part series. Stay to the end. We'll share part one if you missed it, you can definitely listen to these out of order but in the la in part one I shared a little bit of information about something that happened to my son at school, which was nutty. The whole experience was nutty and part of it I didn't share in part one and that was that my son had come home, he had ridden his bike to school and he had gotten to the bike rack and then immediately turned around and came home. Even though this was going to make him late for school to take his medicine, he had forgotten to take his ADHD medication. So he Came home to take his medicine. And then he was really upset because he knew he was going to be late. And he felt bad because now I had to give him a ride to school. And I had a call that was starting soon, so he knew that was hard for me and he felt terrible. And I just said, why didn't you just let the office know to call me and I could bring you your medicine? He was like, I don't ever want to do that again. And I was like, why? And he said, because when I asked to do that, the teacher says, I guess you can go take your ADHD medicine again. And leaving class to be the end. He told me, oh, my horrifying.

Michelle Kaplan

I said, is this.

Aubrey Carter

Is she saying this in front of the whole class? He said, yes. I was like, I am so sorry, son. That is terrible. And I'm sorry for how that made you feel. And we had a long conversation. And that's when what I shared on part one, when he shared these other details about how she saying that the other class is her favorite because his classes misbehaves and everybody. It was nutty. The whole thing was nutty. I was like, ari. So then I had to call the principal and have a whole long come. And the principal met with that teacher and. Yeah. Crazy.

Michelle Kaplan

That's terrible. I'm so sorry.

Aubrey Carter

Thank you.

Michelle Kaplan

That is very nutty.

Aubrey Carter

Handling it so that it can stop. And I'm. This teacher now realizes that that is not okay.

Michelle Kaplan

Not okay. We'll see what happens. The teacher should have realized that before that happened.

Aubrey Carter

Right. Is not a young teacher. She's been teaching for some time. And it's shocking to me. I'm. I. I worry that this has happened

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to other children and the parents just

Aubrey Carter

never knew because kids don't usually come home until you're right. You know, they don't realize that it's something they should report.

Michelle Kaplan

Right. A crazy. Well, I'm glad that you spoke up and, you know, spoke up for your son and that's. So. Yeah, you're a good mom, Aubrey.

Aubrey Carter

Thank you. But, yeah, we're talking about this word nutty today. So as I said, follow for part one, which was about cheesy and fishy, we talked about how we use those words to describe foods. Yes. Or smells. Something could smell fishy. Or taste fishy. Something could taste cheesy. But we also use them idiomatically to describe things that are. Have very different meanings. So stay to the end. We'll share part one. If you missed it, you can go check that Out. And then today we have two more words like this that are about foods and. But we use them, or at least the word is related to a food. But we use them idiomatically as well. We could say nutty to describe like Nutella or something that. A sauce that has a nutty flavor. But we use it more often idiomatically like this to describe something as. What does that mean, Michelle? Something's nutty.

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah. Yeah. Well, it means kind of crazy, strange or a little eccentric. Right.

Aubrey Carter

So, yeah, person could be nutty. And you mean they're kind of eccentric. Totally.

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah. So I mean, this is also usually light hearted, not really offensive. I mean, I suppose it could be right if you're being very serious and not light hearted. But it generally, it describes ideas, behaviors, or someone's personality, as Aubry was mentioning.

Aubrey Carter

This is really interesting because we can use it in a much more light hearted way. Someone just says, you know, they ran into someone from high school. And you're like, whoa, that's nutty. And it just means, like, that's surprising. That's, you know, crazy strange.

Michelle Kaplan

Right.

Aubrey Carter

Or you could use it the way I did. And I do it this sometimes I'm like, it was nutty. And what I mean is it was crazy, but like, not in a good way.

Michelle Kaplan

Right, Right. So it really. Right. It really does depend. So let's do a couple mini role plays. Here we go.

Aubrey Carter

All right, I'll start us. You're thinking about driving across the country this weekend.

Michelle Kaplan

I know it sounds nutty, but I'm craving an adventure.

Aubrey Carter

Yes. And that would be nutty if it's like spur of the moment, super spontaneous. Right. And. And also if it's out of your character, if you're not the type of person to go on road trips out of the blue. That would be a bit nutty.

Michelle Kaplan

Or here's another.

Aubrey Carter

How about this?

Michelle Kaplan

Did you.

Aubrey Carter

Oh, go ahead. Yes, you start us.

Michelle Kaplan

Oh, did you hear? Dan wants to start a llama farm.

Aubrey Carter

Oh, that's a little nutty, but I could totally see him doing that. It's funny because your husband's name's Dan. Yeah, exactly.

Michelle Kaplan

That's what I was think. Yeah.

Aubrey Carter

Starting a llama farm.

Michelle Kaplan

Can't see it.

Aubrey Carter

Can't I, can't see me. Couldn't be us.

Michelle Kaplan

Not for my family.

Aubrey Carter

Okay, here's another one. Did you see the speech he gave? Not what I was expecting.

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah, he's a little nutty, but I love it.

Aubrey Carter

This is a great. I use this word sometimes to lighten the mood. If someone is telling me about something horrifying that maybe a political leader did, and that was not horrifying, but just really surprising. Like, maybe they post a picture where they have photoshopped them as maybe like that. I might just be like, nutty. Are you sure? Maybe that's fake news. And then you look and you're like, no, it looks like that really happened. Oh, that's really nutty. Especially if I'm talking to someone who might not think that's as strange as I think it is, because you never know when things are political. Like, I don't always know what someone's leanings are. So nutty is a good word that doesn't have necessarily a positive or a negative value. Judgment. You just be like, oh, it's almost like saying, that's interesting. And it's hard to know if they mean like, positive or negative. That's a good point. That's a bit nutty.

Michelle Kaplan

A little negative.

Aubrey Carter

That's strange.

Michelle Kaplan

That's. Yeah, it's true. It's true. Okay, so now let's talk about peachy. So I love this word, but what's interesting about it is we don't really use it to describe something that has a. Like, that tastes like peaches. Like, we don't. I mean, we might, but it's not very common. Like, if you're having a peach pie or something, you're not going to say, oh, this tastes peachy.

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Yeah.

Aubrey Carter

And we don't use it to describe things that are that color either. You wouldn't be like, this peachy dress. Like, we just don't use that word. We would say a peach dress.

Michelle Kaplan

Right.

Aubrey Carter

To use the color. But yeah, really, the only way you use. The only way I'm familiar with using peachy is the way we are talking about today, idiomatically, to describe that everything is great. Things are going really well.

Michelle Kaplan

However, I could see if, like I gave you, I said, we're going to do a taste test. Can you tell what this flavor is? And I give you a piece of gum. And you might say, like, oh, it tastes kind of peachy. You know, so it's not that it's never used.

Aubrey Carter

It's just not that common. Why? To be like, this tastes salty, sweetie. Peachy. But really, I think even then I would be like, it tastes like peach. It's kind of peach flavored.

Michelle Kaplan

Right.

Aubrey Carter

It would be rare to be like, it tastes peachy.

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah.

Aubrey Carter

And because I also would realize that could be a misunderstanding if I say, this tastes peachy, I might think they think, I mean, this good.

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah.

Aubrey Carter

Right.

Michelle Kaplan

So, yeah. So again, this is not quite as common as the other expressions. And it may sound a little old fashioned, but it's still used. I. I like it. It's. It is a little cheesy sounding, but it's not fishy. Guys, we are using the other expressions from the other episode, but it's just. It. It sounds very enthusiastic and nice. So let's do a couple role plays to show you how this sounds. Okay. All right.

Aubrey Carter

How's everything going with your new apartment?

Michelle Kaplan

Peachy so far. I'm really loving the neighborhood.

Aubrey Carter

Yes. And you can see how some people would see this as a bit cheesy. It depends on someone's personality. For some people, this would be a very normal word to use. Very expected. Other people would never. Right. So it depends on your own personality and the words you choose to use. I like this word. I would like a person who's like, peachy everything. I think it's fun. It's very positive.

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah. Or are things better now the busy season is over?

Aubrey Carter

Oh, yeah. Everything's peachy now. And this is sort of a less cheesy way of using this. I feel like this is more common. We would say this at work. It just means like, yep, everything's better, everything's going well.

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah. But it can also sound sarcastic depending on the tone. So let's show how that might sound. That client is so demanding. How'd the meeting go with him?

Aubrey Carter

Oh, just peachy, as usual. Yeah. And so if we know it went bad, I'm using my tone to share that. Like, it did not go well. And often with sarcasm we do this. We're saying the opposite meaning and using our tone to show that. Right. So I use this. I use peachy this way a lot. Also, everything's peachy today. And really, I mean, everything's horrible.

Michelle Kaplan

Right then. Also, do you ever use or hear peachy keen?

Aubrey Carter

Oh, yeah, definitely. I wonder whether that comes from peachy keen.

Michelle Kaplan

Peachy keen. It's just a.

Aubrey Carter

It's just we said that a lot growing up. How are things going? Peachy keen. Yeah, really well. That's a fun way to respond. I don't use it that much. I haven't heard it in a while. But I like it. It's fun. Yes.

Michelle Kaplan

I like it too.

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Aubrey Carter

All right, let's do a role play. Michelle, you and I are friends here and we are planning a road trip. I think that we are manifesting this into reality. Let's go on a road trip. We'll take over to you in a big caravan van.

Michelle Kaplan

Sounds great.

Aubrey Carter

And go across the country. Sounds.

Michelle Kaplan

Here we go. All right.

Aubrey Carter

So are we still doing that road trip this weekend?

Michelle Kaplan

Yeah, but the rental car deal I found online seems a little fishy.

Aubrey Carter

Oh, how so?

Michelle Kaplan

The price is super low, but they barely have any reviews.

Aubrey Carter

That is a little strange. Let's go with another company then.

Michelle Kaplan

Agreed. And I also think we should break up the driving. I know you wanted to drive 10 hours in one day, but that's just nutty.

Aubrey Carter

Okay, you're probably right. But you have to promise me that you won't bring those cheesy road trip playlists again.

Michelle Kaplan

Hahaha. Deal.

Aubrey Carter

All right. Now that those things are sorted, this trip should be peachy.

Michelle Kaplan

I know. I'm so excited.

Aubrey Carter

Yay. Sounds so fun. I love this. And you'll notice we used a couple of the words from part one of this series. So let's go through this. The first one. So we said, oh, I found this deal online, but it seems a little fishy because, like, low prices but not very many reviews. This will happen. Sometimes you're like checking reviews. Oh, we don't have a lot of reviews. You would think that this would be well known. If it's a good price, lots of people are liking it. So same fishy.

Michelle Kaplan

Yep, exactly. And then I said, I know you wanted to drive 10 hours in one day, but that's just nutty.

Aubrey Carter

So I'm like, that's just crazy. Yeah, yeah, Crazy. Ridiculous. It's not a good idea. But it's a more playful way to say that I like nutty better than that's just nutty. Meaning like, I don't think we should do that. But. But in a lighthearted way.

Michelle Kaplan

Right.

Aubrey Carter

And then the next one is Promise me you won't bring those cheesy road trip playlists. Right. So I had brought cheesy or you had cheesy like mixtapes, burned CDs or actually I guess these days I'm really showing my age there. It would be like a playlist on Spotify or Apple Music where you've. And if it's cheesy music, then you know, I'm not, I'm not here for it. Yes, exactly.

Michelle Kaplan

And then you said now that those things are sorted, the trip should be peachy. So the trip should be great.

Aubrey Carter

Yes, exactly. I love all of these words. I'm excited for you to be able to use them all. You can check out part one if you scroll up. It was 26:53 when fishy and cheesy aren't about food and today you learned about when peachy and nutty aren't about food. What a fun episode.

Michelle Kaplan

Yes, definitely. Yeah. So takeaway for today is that words aren't always what they seem. Right? Sometimes they have a double meaning and these are just really fun words to give a try in your vocabulary and use them to connect.

Aubrey Carter

Yes. And I hope you have a peachy rest of your day. Michelle, thanks for joining me today.

Michelle Kaplan

Thanks. Thank you Aubrey. Have a great day.

Aubrey Carter

You too. Bye bye.

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