Introduction 6 Minute English discusses a letter from the English alphabet. It’s a letter which has a particular meaning when used at the end of a piece of informal writing such as emails, letters, texts and messages. Discover where the concept of putting an X to mean a kiss comes from, and learn some new vocabulary along the way. This week's questionEnglish has 26 letters. Which language has 74 letters? a) Khmer (Cambodian)
b) Hindi c) Armenian Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabularya penny
a coin (100 pennies = 1.00 GBP) the penny has dropped
someone suddenly realises or understands something clunk
the noise of two heavy objects coming together Inland Revenue
the government department in the UK which deals with taxes to dock
to reduce the amount of money someone receives in their salary or wages, for example as a tax payment a quid
slang term for 1.00 GBP Transcript Note: This is not a word for word transcript
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