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Toilet Roll Vocabulary – Learn British English

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Vocabulary of the Home with Eugenius the Genie
Episode 1
Good morning, Eugenius.
Good morning, Richard. What can I do for you? Your wish is my command.
Great!
I want to help students with some common vocabulary.
Okay.
I’d like you to conjure up one of the most essential things you will find in a British home.
Very well! Abracadabra!
Eugenius! A toilet roll.
One of the most essential things in a house.
Yes, indeed!
Manufacturers call it toilet tissue because it sounds posh, but most people call it toilet paper.
Or a bog roll.
Yes, Eugenius, but that’s really a slang expression, the bog being another word for toilet.
A more polite term is a toilet roll.
Though not popular in every country, over five thousand million kilos of toilet paper are used in Europe every year.
In the UK, the average Briton uses around 18 kilos of toilet paper every year.
Women use much more toilet paper than men.
But just how many sheets do you get out of a roll?
You can get anything from two hundred sheets to a thousand sheets from each toilet roll.
It all depends on the manufacturer and the manufacturing process used.
Notice the long vowel sound in the word sheet.
If you use a short vowel sound, you have the reason toilet paper was invented.
I’m not going to use that word here, as I want to keep things clean, which is the other reason toilet paper was invented.
Eugenius and I will be back soon with more vocabulary from the British home, so stay tuned.
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Goodbye for now!
See you!

/ vəˈkæbjʊləri əv ðə həʊm wɪð juːˈdʒiːnɪəs ðə ˈdʒiːni /
/ ˈepɪsəʊd wʌn /
/ ɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ / juːˈdʒiːnɪəs /
/ ɡʊd ˈmɔːnɪŋ / ˈrɪtʃəd / wɒt kən aɪ də fə ju / jə wɪʃ ɪz maɪ kəˈmɑːnd /
/ ɡreɪt /
/ aɪ wɒnt tə help ˈstjuːdnts wɪð səm ˈkɒmən vəˈkæbjʊləri /
/ ˌəʊˈkeɪ /
/ aɪd laɪk ju tə ˈkʌndʒər ʌp wʌn əv ðə məʊst ɪˈsenʃl̩ ˈθɪŋz ju wl̩ faɪnd ɪn ə ˈbrɪtɪʃ həʊm /
/ ˈveri wel / ˌæbrəkəˈdæbrə /
/ juːˈdʒiːnɪəs / ə ˈtɔɪlɪt rəʊl /
/ wʌn əv ðə məʊst ɪˈsenʃl̩ ˈθɪŋz ɪn ə ˈhaʊs /
/ jes / ɪnˈdiːd /
/ ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərəz kɔːl ɪt ˈtɔɪlɪt ˈtɪʃuː bɪˈkɒz ɪt ˈsaʊndz pɒʃ / bət məʊst ˈpiːpl̩ kɔːl ɪt ˈtɔɪlɪt ˈpeɪpə /
/ ɔːr ə bɒɡ rəʊl /
/ jes / juːˈdʒiːnɪəs / bət ðæts ˈrɪəli ə slæŋ ɪkˈspreʃn̩ / ðə bɒɡ ˈbiːɪŋ əˈnʌðə wɜːd fə ˈtɔɪlɪt /
/ ə mɔː pəˈlaɪt tɜːm ɪz ə ˈtɔɪlɪt rəʊl /
/ ðəʊ nɒt ˈpɒpjʊlər ɪn ˈevri ˈkʌntri / ˈəʊvə faɪv ˈθaʊzn̩d ˈmɪlɪən ˈkiːləʊz əv ˈtɔɪlɪt ˈpeɪpər ə juːst ɪn ˈjʊərəp ˈevri ˈjiə /
/ ɪn ðə ˌjuːˈkeɪ / ði ˈævərɪdʒ ˈbrɪtn̩ ˈjuːsɪz əˈraʊnd ˌeɪˈtiːn ˈkiːləʊz əv ˈtɔɪlɪt ˈpeɪpər ˈevri ˈjiə /
/ ˈwɪmɪn ˈjuːs ˈmʌtʃ mɔː ˈtɔɪlɪt ˈpeɪpə ðən men /
/ bət dʒəst haʊ məni ʃiːts də ju ɡet aʊt əv ə rəʊl /
/ ju kən ɡet ˈeniθɪŋ frəm tuː ˈhʌndrəd ʃiːts tu ə ˈθaʊzn̩d ʃiːts frəm iːtʃ ˈtɔɪlɪt rəʊl /
/ ɪt ɔːl dɪˈpendz ɒn ðə ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərər ənd ðə ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ ˈprəʊses ˈjuːzd /
/ ˈnəʊtɪs ðə lɒŋ vaʊəl ˈsaʊnd ɪn ðə wɜːd ʃiːt /
/ ɪf ju juːz ə ʃɔːt vaʊəl saʊnd / ju həv ðə ˈriːzən ˈtɔɪlɪt ˈpeɪpə wəz ɪnˈventɪd /
/ aɪm nɒt ˈɡəʊɪŋ tə ˈjuːz ðət wɜːd hɪə / əz aɪ wɒnt tə kiːp ˈθɪŋz kliːn / wɪtʃ ɪz ði ˈʌðə ˈriːzən ˈtɔɪlɪt ˈpeɪpə wəz ɪnˈventɪd /
/ juːˈdʒiːnɪəs ənd aɪ wl̩ bi bæk suːn wɪð mɔː vəˈkæbjʊləri frəm ðə ˈbrɪtɪʃ həʊm / səʊ steɪ tjuːnd /
/ klɪk ɒn ðə laɪk ˈbʌtn̩ / səbˈskraɪb ɪf ju ˈhævn̩t ɔːlˈredi / ənd liːv ə ˈkɒment /
/ ˌɡʊdˈbaɪ fə naʊ /
/ ˈsiː ju /

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