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[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Can you make it clear whether the first syllable rhymes with 'pay' or 'pie'?

The first syllable rhymes with "pie".

Thanks for the interest.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

I think he's given up, as well he should if there's absolutely no context.
No es una palabra en inglés, José.

It was an English word. The problem is that I couldn't identify it properly, and the phonetic description I used for the title is most probably wrong.

I heard it in the radio while I drove, with too much background sound. Just forget it, and thanks for your interest.

(No need for the Spanish Raymott, but thank you.)

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Not A Teacher
No I guess you are right.

Charlie Bernstein we have no mandatory Identification Papers in the United Kingdom we would use a Passport or Driving Licence as ID if he had to.

Makes sense. We call passports and driver's licenses IDs.

- Do you have any ID?
- Sure. Here's my driver's license.

I think some states require people to carry ID with them. As I recall, I had to do it in California. Here in Maine, I don't think it's required. (But I've never asked.)

 

[Roman55]

Makes sense. We call passports and driver's licenses IDs.

I am not a teacher.

Yes, but in the UK we aren't required to have either a passport or a driving licence, so if you have neither you effectively have no ID.

Here in France (and many European countries) the citizens have a National Identity Card which you should carry all the time. It entitles you to travel within the Schengen Area, but not to drive. You still need a licence for that.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I am not a teacher.

Yes, but in the UK we aren't required to have either a passport or a driving licence, so if you have neither you effectively have no ID.

Here in France (and many European countries) the citizens have a National Identity Card which you should carry all the time. It entitles you to travel within the Schengen Area, but not to drive. You still need a licence for that.

ID isn't required everywhere in the U.S. We don't have national ID cards, but some states issue IDs. What's the Schengen Area?

 

[Roman55]

It's a huge chunk of Europe that has opened its borders. See here.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Forget about IDs. I suppose it was some place name, or perhaps a slang word, or both. Or most probably my listening failed to correctly understand it.

 

[Mrfatso]

Not A Teacher

If you could describe anything about the context for instance was it British English or American English, a rough explanation of where it came from, a TV show or a Film for example it might help a little bit.

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

It was a BBC program. The News Hour to be more specific, and they were talking about the crisis in Syria.

Nothing more. Just forget it. But thanks for the interest.

 

[Mrfatso]

Not a Teacher

The word may have been "aides", the plural of aide, someone who assists someone that is important.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/aide

Would that fit the context?

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

No, it wasn't "aides". The pronuntiation differs.

 

[Roman55]

It was a BBC program. The News Hour to be more specific, and they were talking about the crisis in Syria.

I am not a teacher.

Since you misheard it, couldn't it have been ISIS?

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

I am not a teacher.

Since you misheard it, couldn't it have been ISIS?

No, there was a "d" in the word.

Please forget the issue. This is lasting too much. I am wasting your time.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It's a huge chunk of Europe that has opened its borders. See here.

Thanks! When I visited Europe, a passport was needed at every border. And new money, too.

The U.S. has gone in the opposite direction. We used to travel from here to Canada and Canada to here without a passport, but now they're required. I don't know that Canada requires them, but we do.

I'm surprised that the UK isn't in the Schengen area.

 

[emsr2d2]

The UK isn't in Schengen because we would like to protect our borders!