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Hello, everyone.
This is the English we speak with.
Me Fei Fei and me Rob.
Hey, Fei Fei.
Do you need me to order you a pizza?
Why would I want you to order me a pizza when we're presenting a programme?
Oh, go on.
Just say pizza and my new smartphone will instantly order one for you.
Ah, I see.
I know you've got a new and very expensive smartphone, Rob, but I'm quite happy using my bog standard dumb phone.
Bog standard?
You mean it's basic, ordinary and unexceptional?
I do, Rob.
It's a strange expression and nobody really notices.
Origins.
Well, I think it's got something to do with the English slang for toilet bog, which is where your old phone should be.
Thanks, Rob.
Shall we hear some bog standard examples?