The English We Speak: 'Tastic'

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  This is a download from the BBC.

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  For more information and our terms of use, go to bbcworldservice.com podcasts the English.

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  We speak from the BBC.

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  Welcome to the Slangtastic program, the English We Speak.

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  Hello, I'm Wang Fei.

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  This is our Wordtastic program where you learn the latest English tastic phrases.

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  Yes.

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  And we hope you have a learning tastic time with us today.

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  Fin.

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  Sorry for interrupting you, but why do you keep adding tastic to all these words?

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  Oh, yes, sorry, Wang Fui.

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  I should have said tastic is our new word.

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  Or should I say suffix for the day?

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  A suffix is something you add onto the end of another word to change the meaning.

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  That's right.

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  So when we add tastic, what does that mean?

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  Well, it's kind of related to the word fantastic.

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  So when you add tastic to a word, for example, the word slang, it means fantastic in terms of slang.

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  Okay.

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  So Englishtastic means fantastic in terms of English.

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