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Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 282: Offending Someone.

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 282. I'm your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

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This episode is called “Offending Someone.” “To offend someone” means to make them feel bad or to say something that they don't like. We'll hear a dialogue between Eileen and Colin, talking about a joke that one of them thinks is offensive. Let's get started.

I was telling my friend, Gina, a joke. I began it by saying, “An Irishman, an Englishman, and a Frenchman walk into this bar, and…” Suddenly, Gina