The Bob and Rob Show

Press release: Financial Crisis SALE!

diemrob — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:36:28 +0000

PRESS RELEASE:

Bob and Rob (of the world famous Bob and Rob Show) announced early Friday morning at a press conference that they will be reducing the price of their archives, from $99 to $69. When asked about this, Bob replied: “Well, times are tough, and we felt it was the right thing to do.” Rob, however, was quick to point out that there would be no bailouts for show listeners: “At this time we are mostly focusing on supporting large financial institutions and the commerical paper market. However, we feel the archive price reduction will provide some relief to those listeners hit hardest by the crisis.”

Hello.

diemrob — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:31:17 +0000

Welcome to the Bob and Rob Show, and thanks for stopping by!

The Bob and Rob Show is a variety show for learning English, which was produced from May 2005 to September 2008. It’s aimed at intermediate to advanced level learners.

Often the hardest part of studying a language is staying motivated. Ideally learning should be enjoyable, which is why we try our very best to create English lessons that are not only effective, but also entertaining (not to mention zany!).

Enjoy our free shows, and purchase our archives for a lengthy adventure in English.

Goodbye.

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:41:37 +0000

Dear Listeners,

After 3 enjoyable years of doing the Bob and Rob Show, our podcast will end this September. Thank you so much for being a part of our community.

Bob has received a new job in southern Japan, and because of the distance from Tokyo, it will be impossible for us to continue doing the show. (We did consider trying to use Skype, but decided that it would not be practical.)

We really enjoyed getting to know so many interesting people throughout the world. We hope
that we were able to make your English learning endeavors just a bit more interesting and enjoyable; it certainly was a great experience for us.

To your success,
Bob and Rob

‘Lend’ versus ‘Loan’

diemrob — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:03:12 +0000

This week we’re going to look at two words which have some dissimilarities on both sides of the pond (The Atlantic Ocean). Lend and loan are semantically similar as they refer to borrowing something (often loan is used with money), but in America loan can be used as a verb whereas this is not so common in Britain, where loan is usually only used as a noun. However, there are numerous instances where both are now accepted in standard English.
For example,

Could you possibly lend me your umbrella?
Could you possibly loan me your umbrella?

One other difference between these two words is that only lend can be used in a metaphorical way. For example:

Can you lend me a hand?

We can NOT say “Can you loan me a hand?” But if you want to lend or loan me any money, then please feel free to do so

~Rob

‘Ancient Japanese English Study Secret’ Secret

diemrob — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:53:46 +0000

Some of you might be interested to know where I got the idea for Ancient Japanese English Study Secret: this funny commercial I used to watch as a child: