How many nouns does it take?!

Niro Vithyasekar picked up cooking tips while in immigration detention and now runs the Tuka Tuka Kotthu Roti Man food stall

Bad English

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The birth rate for new words in English is extraordinary. There are over 170,000 words in the English dictionary but some estimates put the vocab tally at over one million words... Ivan asks if we really need more? Tamil refugee Niro Vithyasekar learnt English and cooking in a detention centre. He now runs the successful pop-up food truck Tuka Tuka Kotthu Roti Man in Melbourne. English language teacher Ai-Lin gives Niro the lowdown on nouns, and what happens when they become uncountable.

I decided I come here to live, so everything challenge, everything learning. English, mobile phone, bank, credit card... If I try I can do it myself
Niro Vithyasekar

Bad English is a comedy podcast from SBS Audio about the lows of learning the world's most widely spoken and studied language. Host Ivan Aristeguieta, English expert Ai-Lin Bhugun and special guests share their learning journeys, and hit back at the illogical rules and infuriating exceptions that govern the language. If you've ever wanted to vent your frustrations with learning English, this is the podcast for you.

Follow Bad English in the SBS Audio app, or wherever you get your podcasts, to catch all seven episodes in the series.

Host: Ivan Aristeguieta

Executive Producer: Ian Walker

Producers: Beź Zewdie

Sound design and edit: Tiffany Dimmack