The English We Speak: Same person, different font
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The English We Speak: Same person, different font

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 20262 min
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Same hair, same style, same ways of waking and talking? They might be the 'same person, different font'. Learn how to use this expression with Becca and Feifei. Get a free transcript for this episode here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak_2026/ep-260921 Have you signed up to our email newsletter yet? If not, what are you waiting for?! Get weekly tips from your favourite presenters: https://www.bbc.co.uk/send/u178220599 And check out our newly updated website homepage. Find what you're looking for more quickly and easily...

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Becca, I met our new colleague today. She reminds me of you.

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Well, you both have curly hair, dress in soft colours and talk incredibly fast.

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Hello and welcome to The English We Speak, where we explain phrases and expressions used by fluent English speakers so that you can use them too! I'm Feifei. And I'm Becca. Becca, I met our new colleague today. She reminds me of you.

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Really? That's interesting. We have quite different personalities and upbringings. Well, you both have curly hair, dress in soft colours and talk incredibly fast. Okay. Maybe we're the same person, different font. Same person, different font. That's a strange expression.

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It is. It's a humorous way of saying that two people are very similar in some ways, but are still clearly different people. So it's like they have the same style or appearance but there are differences

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