Simplified Speech #246 – Never have I ever

Hello everybody and welcome to Qlips. You're listening to simplified speech, which is our series, which features clear, natural, and easy to understand English conversations

between native speakers. And joining me today as my co-host is Indiana. Hey there, Indiana, how's it going? I'm good, Andrew, how are you?

I'm doing great, but I'm kind of going crazy because my headphones are having an issue right now and the audio keeps cutting out of my left ear. So I'm kind of wiggling my headphone cord,

trying to get you to come out of both sides of my headphones. But yeah, I might have to do this recording here today in the Anna hearing you only out of the right hand side of my headphones.

But it's okay, I'll survive. I can do it. And we have a fun episode planned for everyone today. Indiana, I'll let you do the honors and introduce our topic.

What are we talking about today? Sure. So we're going to play a little game that is very popular among, I would say, North Americans, Canadians, Americans in high school and in college. It's a great icebreaker game or a way to get to know your friends better.

Kind of thing that you would do at a sleepover or maybe as a drinking game and college. And it is called never have I ever. Never have I ever. Yeah, to be honest, I don't think I would play this game too often anymore. Now that I'm in my forties, I don't think my friends would, and I would hang out and play.

Never have I ever. However, definitely in high school and university or college when you're younger. a pretty common game to play and just a fun way to bond with friends. And it's something even if you're a little older guys, if you're in your 40s like me or even older than me, then don't worry, it'll be fun.

It'll be fun to listen in on as Indiana and I play today. However, it's also just this kind of cultural reference point. It's something that everybody in the culture knows. You might see it in TV shows or movies or reference in other conversations.

So just knowing what the game is and how it's plays, I think we'll help you understand some of the culture, Native American culture a little bit better. So we're going to play the game for you today and you guys can listen in. It should be fun.

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explaining the rules to never have I ever. How do you play the game? It's pretty simple, but we should explain. For sure. So the the name of the game is never have I ever. This is a different way of saying I have never dot dot dot. So the point of the game is to say something that you have never done and then try to

choose something that you expect other people in your group have done in their lives. Life experiences. You might start out with a five fingers up. You hold up your hand, a palm with five fingers up, or maybe both palms if you want

play a really long game, 10 fingers. And I might say something like never have I ever been to South Korea, right? And if I say that, I know that Andrew's going to get out. I don't know about other people. If we're in our group, we'll see who else has been there, but I know Andrew will have to put down one finger to show that he has, in fact, done that thing. He has

had that life experience. And it just continues in a, in, in around, you know, you go around the room until somebody loses all of their fingers and it's clear that they've had the most life experiences. Yeah, exactly.

So it's almost like you're trying to attack the other players, right? You're trying to get them out. Everybody starts with five fingers up, but as people say, these never have I ever sentences.

Never have I ever been to South Korea. Well, I live in South Korea. I've been here. So I have that life experience.

experience. So I have to put one finger down. Now I only have four fingers remaining four fingers left. And so now it's my turn and I have to say some sentence that I don't have the experience, right? But I think you have the experience Indiana and I have to try and make you put one of your fingers down. And like we said, this game is often played like high school sleepovers, high school parties,

college and university parties, and because it's played often by young people and especially people who are in their teens and they're early 20s, then sometimes it does get a little bit r-rated and can get a little funny and we're gonna try and keep it PG for this episode today. But just note that often when this game is played it can get a little spicy, but we're gonna play

the mid-mile version today. For sure. Very mild. Very mild. Yeah, so okay, let's play Indiana. I don't know, maybe we'll do three fingers because if we start with five fingers that might make for a very long conversation here today. So why don't we play with three? And okay, so we have to talk about share our experiences. I don't have the experience, but I think you do. All right,

I'll let you go first. What do you got? I think you're gonna get me out right away. I shared too much about my life on Q-lips. I'm an open book. Right, you're an open book. It's gonna be too easy.