This is an all-ears English podcast, episode 2378. Are you making this mistake when you refer to native speakers?

Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times. Are you feeling stuck with your English? We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by

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we've heard when it comes to talking about native speakers.

Find out what it is today, plus get important updates on how to refer to Native Americans in the United States.

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Terms and conditions apply. Hey, Aubrey, how's it going today? I'm great. How are you, Lindsay?

Good. I'm glad to be recording on the microphone, but I have a question for you today.

Okay, perfect. Okay. So what do you think, what comes to your mind when someone says the word

native? Oh, that is an interesting question because not just one thing. I definitely think of

Native Americans. I think of the restaurant Native New Yorker. I think of native English speakers.

I think of someone saying they're a native of Boston.

We use this word so many ways in English.

Yeah, we really do.

It's all over the place.

But today we're going to hone in on one interesting aspect of this word native.

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