Search

Home > Culips English Podcast > Catch Word #186 – I’m from the sticks
Podcast: Culips English Podcast
Episode:

Catch Word #186 – I’m from the sticks

Category: Education
Duration: 0
Publish Date: 2017-06-02 00:39:48
Description:

If you like the countryside, this episode is for you! In this Catch Word episode, Andrew and Morag discuss two terms that you can use to refer to rural areas: the sticks and the boonies.

  btn_lipservice.gif

Fun factEnglish study online

In Canada, an area is considered rural if it is inhabited by fewer than 1,000 people. In the United States, an area is only considered rural if it is inhabited by fewer than 500 people per square mile.

Expressions included in the learning materials

  • The sticks
  • The boonies
  • The middle of nowhere
  • A badge of honour
  • En route

Credit: Music: Something Elated by Broke For Free; Step On by Jahzzar; Lobby Time by Kevin (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 License Sponsor: Spoken

Total Play: 0

Users also like

2K+ Episodes
Pretinho Bá .. 3K+     300+
500+ Episodes
Selected Sho .. 5K+     300+
10+ Episodes
The Words 20+     4
500+ Episodes
Brains On! S .. 300+     60+
1K+ Episodes
Daily Easy E .. 6K+     600+