AEE 2582: Did You Remember It or Memorize It?

Summary

All Ears English Podcast – Episode 2582 Did You Remember It or Memorize It?
Hosts: Lindsay McMahon & Michelle Kaplan
Date: March 16, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this lively episode, Lindsay and Michelle break down the crucial difference between the verbs “memorize” and “remember,” two words that are commonly confused by English learners. The hosts explore practical examples, fun stories, and grammar tips to help listeners master these essential words for speaking like a native. Their natural, conversational approach delivers ESL learning strategies with a focus on real-life application and memorable insights.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Personal Anecdotes: The Everyday Struggle to Remember

• Both hosts open up about their efforts to keep track of birthdays and important dates, debating tech versus good old-fashioned memory.
  • “I decided to recommit to remembering friends' birthdays… the app offloaded and I lost all the birthdays. Well, so now I just have to go back. It's better just have it in the old noggin.” — Lindsay (02:21)

2. Defining “Memorize”

• Memorize means intentionally learning something by heart, usually for a test or performance.
  • “Memorize is about learning something by heart. We always say this expression: learn it by heart.” — Lindsay (04:53)
• Examples include memorizing lines for theater, phone numbers, and historical dates.
• Memorization often involves deliberate techniques, like chunking information or writing things down.
  • “I would learn it, and then I would write it down. I felt that writing it down kind of solidified it in my mind.” — Michelle (06:51)

3. Defining “Remember”

• Remember means being able to recall something at a specific moment. It’s the result of earlier learning or simply what is naturally stored in memory through experience.
  • “To remember is to actually have that information in your head or the moment something.” — Michelle (08:49)
• Not everything you remember was consciously memorized (e.g., your grandmother’s face, childhood memories).

4. Contrasts and Overlaps

• Memorize is a process; remember is the result.
  • “If you memorize something, then you remember it.” — Michelle (10:37)
• Memorize often applies to word-for-word retention; remember covers both facts learned intentionally and memories from experience.
  • “Not everything that is remembered is always memorized. Like, I remember my grandmother’s face, but I didn’t memorize her face.” — Lindsay (10:41)

5. Contextual Usage: Practical Examples

• Role Play Example: Roommates prepping for a trip
  • “Did you remember to turn off the sink upstairs?” (used for checking)
  • “I memorized our hotel’s address, so don’t worry about that.” (used for intentional learning)
    (17:26–17:45)
• Lyrics and Music: You can remember lyrics easily even if you never intentionally memorized them — a perfect example of incidental memory.

6. Grammar Tips for “Remember” and “Memorize”

• Remember:
  • “Remember to + verb” (for reminders to do something)
    • “Remember to buy milk at the store.” (15:01)
  • “Remember + verb-ing” (for recalling past experiences)
    • “I remember watching that show every day after school.” (15:36)
• Memorize:
  • Memorize is generally followed by a noun (not verb-ing)
    • “She memorized all the words to the monologue.” (16:19)
  • You don’t “memorize” experiences.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the difference between “memorize” and “remember”:
  • “Memorize is a process, but it’s also more word for word, like number for number. Whereas, remember… is to actually have that information in your head or the moment something.” — Lindsay & Michelle (08:35–08:58)
• On music and memory:
  • “What you remember most is song lyrics from, like, songs from teenagehood, teenager years or childhood… how do I know all the words? But I don’t know what I did yesterday!” — Michelle (20:14)
  • “So it’s a good reason to try to learn English with songs with lyrics.” — Lindsay (20:44)

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Timestamps for Important Segments

| Timestamp | Segment | |---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------| | 01:29–02:56 | Birthday memory struggles, tech apps vs. natural recall | | 04:34–05:37 | Defining and discussing “memorize” | | 06:20–07:38 | Phone numbers and memorization – past and present | | 08:35–10:37 | Contrasting “memorize” and “remember”; example sentences | | 14:33–17:11 | Grammar focus: how to use “remember” and “memorize” | | 17:18–19:25 | Role play: practical usage in daily situation | | 20:14–20:52 | Music, lyrics, and the power of incidental memory |

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Key Takeaways

• Remember = ability to recall; can come from past experiences, not just from memorization.
• Memorize = deliberate process of learning information for later recall, often word-for-word.
• Use “remember to + verb” for reminders, “remember + verb-ing” for recollections.
• Use “memorize + noun” for facts, information, data, or lines.
• Emotional memories stick without conscious memorization—like weddings or music lyrics.
• Memorization is technical and intentional; remembering can be both intentional and incidental.

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Episode Recommendation

• Check out Episode 2571: “Don’t Let English Vocabulary Break Down On You” (21:02)

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Final Thoughts

The hosts encourage listeners to focus on the distinction between process (memorize) and outcome (remember). Michelle’s tip: “If you’re going to remember one thing, I would say think of memorize being more of that process.” (21:22)

This episode is a must-listen for ESL students looking to refine their command of nuanced vocabulary and boost their confidence in naturally using American English.

Transcript

[Michelle Kaplan]

This is an All Ears English podcast, episode 2582. Did you remember it or memorize it?

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[Lindsay McMahon]

the word memorize versus the word remember in English?

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[Michelle Kaplan]

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Hello there, Michelle. How's it going today?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Good. Lindsay, how are you?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Feeling good. Feeling good. Michelle, are you good at remembering all of the birthdays in your family? It sounds like you have a pretty big family

[Michelle Kaplan]

on, on. My family isn't that big, but Dan's family is big. And so then when you add them all together, it is a big family. As far as birthday goes. Birthdays go, I'm pretty good. But there is, there's a week in October where it's like everybody's birthday in the family.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay. Okay.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So, so it's my dad's, his dad's, his sisters, his, our niece and nephew.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Interesting.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Everybody's. And so sometimes that gets a little confusing and so that's, that can be hard to remember. What about you, Lindsay? Are you gonna, you know, remembering birthdays?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. Family. I'm usually good friends. You know, it's so frustrating because I, I decided to recommit to remembering friends birthdays. I wrote them all in this app that I decided to, to get a membership for, for birthdays. And then the app offloaded and I lost all the birthdays. Well, so now I just have to go back. It's better just have it in the old noggin.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right?

[Lindsay McMahon]

In the old noggin.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Well, it's funny. Yeah. Sometimes I, I, I always think, oh, it's better to just be able to remember, not have always everything written down. It's good for your mind. But then I do forget.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, I know, I know. And I feel so bad when a friend remembers and I forget theirs. Oh, it's such a, it's Such a mind trip. Yeah. What are we talking about today, Michelle?

[Michelle Kaplan]

So today we are going to talk about this really interesting topic that you brought up, which is very important. And I bet a lot of our listeners are a little confused about this. And, um, it's the difference between remember and memorize. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I was having a conversation with a student sometime in the last last couple of weeks and, and I heard this used incorrectly and I thought, oh, this would make a great episode, Michelle, for our listeners today. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah, definitely. So I. This is a great idea. So I'm excited to talk about this. And before we do get into it, we are just so excited to say thank you to our reviewers.

[Lindsay McMahon]

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[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, excellent. Perfect. Okay, so let's start with memorize.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, very different, right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, very different. Lindsay, what is. What is memorize? Tell us about it. Well, actually, they're not that different.

[Lindsay McMahon]

But they are different, right? They're related. Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So they're very related. Of course.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Memorize and remember. So memorize is about learning something by heart. We always say this expression, learn it by heart. Why don't. Why don't we say it? Learn it by mind or learn it by. I don't know, we say learn it by heart. So we keep it in our mind with the aim of not forgetting it. This is pretty intentional. I remember doing a lot of this in school, Michelle, Memorizing dates, historical dates, events, that kind of thing. Names. Do you. Does that ring any bells for you?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, yeah, of course. Well, and I. And I used to, you know, when I did a lot of theater, I used to have to memorize my. My lines.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Oh, of course.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh, my gosh.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So it's really. It's about that process of learning and trying to keep Something. Get something to stick, right?

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[Michelle Kaplan]

What about phone numbers? Lindsay, do you have your partner's phone number memorized?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I do. Thank goodness. Right. Because I feel like I remember the days when we didn't have cell phones and the. I remember, like, dialing my best friend's phone number next door. Right. And so it's still a concept to have a number, a phone number in

[Michelle Kaplan]

my head, and it's good to have it memorized. I remember it took down a very long time to memorize my phone number, and I'm like, come on.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I know, I know.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

I also, I also try and have my son. He has our phone numbers memorized. So it's good to have your kids know your phone numbers. So wait, I was just going to say about something about phone numbers. Oh, I forgot what it was. But it was fun.

[Lindsay McMahon]

The whole idea about being an actor on stage. I've always wondered about this. I mean, how much time did it take you to memorize your lines for acting? I just don't even know how this works. Even in Hollywood. I don't get it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. Depend. It depended on how many, how many lines I had. But if I had a lot of lines, I mean, I, I, Yeah, it's hard. You, you, you kind of just chunk it up and have small goals and. Wow. It's. I, I remember I had a process. Oh.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Oh.

[Michelle Kaplan]

You know what I would do? I would learn it, and then I would write it down.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay, so that's a good trick.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. So I would, I would. I felt that writing it down kind of solidified it in my mind and.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So that, that was helpful. Oh, I know what I was gonna ask you. Do you still have phone numbers of, you know, you mentioned your friends and, like, childhood phone numbers memorized?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Kind of. I still can remember my childhood home phone number. Like the landline.

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Yep.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Me too. Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I, I don't, I don't think I could get my best friend's number, but almost maybe.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, I could get. I can get that. I, I know my mom's old work phone number. I know my best friend's, you know, landlines. So it's all up there somewhere.

[Lindsay McMahon]

It's in there. It's in there. I mean, it makes me worry a little bit sometimes with, With Google Maps and everything. Are we just gonna forget how to, like, how to memorize or how to remember?

[Michelle Kaplan]

How to.

[Lindsay McMahon]

We're gonna forget how to remember. Don't forget how to remember, Michelle.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So getting at here is memorize is a little. Is it More technical. Is it a more technical term? Like, it's about the process.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I would agree with that. It says this process, you know, in order to keep something in your mind.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So before here, let's show how it look in some sentences. So here's one about play. So when I was in a lot of plays, it took me. It took me a lot of time to memorize my lines. Right. To do that process.

[Lindsay McMahon]

That's a good one. Yep. And again, I'm still intrigued by that. I'm teaching my kids to memorize my phone number and address. Very smart thing to do. Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Or I have to memorize these formulas for my math test. So.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, yeah. I think it's also the different. One of the key differences here is that memorize is a process, but it's also more word for word, like number for number. Whereas, remember, we're going to go into it now, Michelle, how is it different?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. So let's move on to remember. So to remember is to actually have that information in your head or the moment something.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So this is more about the actual product of the memorization. Right. The results, the ability to recall something. So you, you know, I mean, Lindsay, do you remember much about what you learned in high school?

[Lindsay McMahon]

I would say maybe half.

[Michelle Kaplan]

That's pretty. That's not bad.

[Lindsay McMahon]

I feel like I'm. I'm relearning everything, especially historical stuff.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Really. I couldn't relate to history as much when I was a kid, like, growing up in a small town. Like, what do you know about World War I? Right. But now that I've gone to the battlefields in Belgium, like, I'm much more likely to remember what I learned when I learn history now. So it sounds like, though, Michelle, the difference here is, like, when we would use it. Like, I could ask you, oh, Michelle, you had a performance last night. Did you memorize your. Did you remember your lines? And you could say, yeah, because I had. I had what? I had memorized them.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. So if I remembered them, it means I didn't forget them.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right, right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

I was able to recall them.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, actually, you could use these sometimes. I mean, like, listen, like, if I said for the. For the math test example, I have to memorize these formulas for my math test, I could say I have to remember them.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But it's different.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. Sorry. Yeah, go ahead.

[Michelle Kaplan]

No, no, you go ahead.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Well, I'm just saying, like, it's a different process. So the idea of when does that memorization happen? It happens before, whereas on test day. You hope that you remember them. You don't hope you memorize them. You hope you already have memorized them.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, right. It's. It's the result of the memorization.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Exactly.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So it's like if you memorize something, then you remember it.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Exactly. Exactly. And then I think, not everything that is remembered is always memorized. Right. Like, I remember my grandmother's face, but I didn't memorize her face.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

She's gone now.

[Michelle Kaplan]

True.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right. So that's where we were talking about, like more carbon copy. This idea of word for word, that's a systematic process, but it's not done for everything we remember. We have memories of our first memory. We didn't memorize it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, yeah, yeah. Very, very good point. So let's show how remember looks. So, yeah, here's one. I can't remember her name. Right. You wouldn't say, I can't memorize her name. It's like I'm. I, it's. You're basically saying, I didn't memorize it. And so, yeah, I can't rem. Remember it. Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Versus a good example. Here is one of my favorite movies. I don't know why I, I find this movie really good with Ben Affleck. The movie Argo. Have you ever seen it? Yeah. Great movie. Very dramatic, involving the CIA, et.

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And.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay, so when it comes to remembering names, they were given identities that they had to memorize. They had to memorize every detail of their fake identity. Right. They were supposed to be Canadian. And so the question is, when they got to the airport to leave Iran that day, did they remember it? Because they had memorized it. But you wouldn't memorize your friends, your best. Like you haven't memorized your best friend's name from childhood. You don't need to. Right, right. So it's.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. It's just that I, I just know it. Right, exactly.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, exactly. It's. It's different. It is that process, it's a little more technical. Yeah, I definitely agree. Yeah, yeah. Or here's another one. Like if you said if you were talking to your friend, your childhood friend, you could say, do you remember when we used to have food fights in the cafeteria? Right. You wouldn't memorize that. It's just, it's a memory. It's something that happened. You didn't have to. There was no process. There was nothing that you were. Had to really try for. It's just that it be. It naturally seeped into your mind as an experience.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Perfect. So in a sense we can remember Both things we've memorized and our memories.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Hopefully we're making this more clear, not more confusing for our listeners. Here's another example. I'm trying to remember where I met him. Right. That's not something you would have memorized. That's just a life memory.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Perfect.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So, yeah, essentially, if you memorize something, if you do go through that process, if it's that kind of a thing that you really have to try to remember, your goal is to remember.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right. You got it. Love it. Okay.

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[Lindsay McMahon]

All right, Michelle, so let's go over a couple grammar points. What do we need to know about grammar? It's not enough just to know the differences between these two words. We need to know what grammar goes

[Michelle Kaplan]

with these two words, how to use them. Yeah. And there's more to all of this, but we're gonna. That we could follow up on. But we're gonna teach the most important parts, the basics today. Yeah. So with remember, Right. One way you can use it is to is to say remember to and the verb.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So, for example, remember to buy milk at the store. So that's have it in your mind and do what is needed. Right. Like put this in your head.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes, exactly. Remember, it's like a command. Now please remember to buy mail. You ask your husband or something. Remember to pick up the bread and the milk at the store, Whatever. Right. This is not something we've memorized. But again, remember to do something. Remember to verb good. Or this is looking back. I remember watching that show every day after school. This is memories, Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right. So that would be verb and ing. So I remember watching that show. I remember reading that book. I remember going on vacation with my friend. Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes. Yes, exactly. Love it. And then what about memorize? Michelle?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. So we're not. You wouldn't use memorize with the verb and ing. Right. You wouldn't say, I, I memorize going to the store. Right, right. That doesn't sound right to me. Generally, memorize would just be followed by a noun. Right. So to memorize something. Or, I mean, of course, if you're using in a different form, to have something memorized.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

So she memorized all the words to the monologue just in time for the audition.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Ex. Exactly. You wouldn't memorize going to the store. Like, the event of going. You might memorize, like, unconsciously memorize the route to the store, maybe without even trying.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

You just learn it.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right, Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Exactly. So, I mean, like, if you say, okay, here. I mean, this is what I was just mentioning. So if I say I have something memorized.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Is that the same thing as remember. I don't think so.

[Lindsay McMahon]

No. No. I think it comes back to the process, the system.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Exactly. That's what I was gonna say.

[Lindsay McMahon]

The more intentional pro. I think that's another key. It's more intention, more intentional. Yeah. It's like, I'm gonna sit down. I'm gonna have a test tomorrow, and my. You know, my. My senior history class, I have to memorize 10 different dates.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes. Right. Right. You're using index cards, whatever it is. So, you know, there's more of a process. So. All right. Should we do a role play?

[Lindsay McMahon]

Let's do it. So here we're roommates, and we're leaving for a trip. We're locking up the house. Okay. Very specific context.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Did you remember to turn off the sink upstairs?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yes, I think. I mean, I remember going upstairs and checking everything. I think it's okay. Okay, I'll check again.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Thanks.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Also, I memorized our hotel's address, so don't worry about that.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Okay, great. Thanks. I'm this way, too. I'm sort of a checker. I question myself as to whether I, you know, turned off Lindsay were the same or.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah. Dan will always be like. Like even just this weekend, we were going out for the weekend, and. And it was before snowstorm, and I was nervous because, you know, you have to make certain preparations on your house. He had the p. Leave certain door things open and whatever. So, you know, we. I. He got the kids in the car. And I said, he's like, okay, just lock up. And I said, I don't like being the last person.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, I feel that way, too.

[Michelle Kaplan]

And he's like, I trust you. And. And like, no.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, that's even worse. That's even worse. Right. When you get that comment because you're like, what if I mess this up? Yeah, it's true. It's true. We second guess ourselves with these little practical things sometimes. But this. These are good examples here.

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So let's go through this role play,

[Lindsay McMahon]

Michelle, and see what we said. So I asked you, did you remember to turn off the sink upstairs? It wouldn't make any sense for me to say, did you memorize? Nothing to do with memorizing. Right, Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

It's like. Because you could have also just say, said, did you forget? Right. I mean, it's the opposite of forget. Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

What is the impression you want to give to your friend? Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

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What do you assume about your friend?

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Yes.

[Michelle Kaplan]

This one is a little more optimistic. Then I said, yes, I think. And I said, I mean, I remember going upstairs and checking everything. So verb. Ing. So I have this memory of doing that. It's fuzzy in my mind. I was checking a lot of things, and now I'm.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So I remember doing something.

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Right.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Good.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And then. And here we. We bring in memorization. Right. So you said, also, I memorized our hotel's address, so don't worry. So here you went through the intentional process of sitting down and committing something to memory, maybe systematically. Maybe you have tricks of how to do that.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Pneumatic devices or something. Right? Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Well, those are the best.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah. So I don't know why I had to memorize the hotel's address.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Us. Yeah, I don't know either. In 2026.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, it does.

[Michelle Kaplan]

But maybe I'm nervous we're all gonna lose our phones. Sure. Who knows? Yeah. But in any case, I did it. And you're welcome.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And I'm sure we got to the hotel just fine. Yeah, you're welcome. I mean, it is a good exercise to. To try now, because with all this technology, we don't want our brains to just kind of like, go to mush. Right?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, yeah, it's true. Exactly. Well, they always say that what you remember most is song lyrics from, like, songs from teenagehood, teenager years or childhood. Right. Do you remember. Do you ever hear a song that was from your childhood. And you're like, how do I know all the words? But I don't know what I did yesterday.

[Lindsay McMahon]

It's hilarious. Like, sometimes I'll go to a workout class and the teacher will have like an 80s.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Playlist from Spotify on there, and I'll just know every word of every song. It's just incredible because it's not like I sat down and tried to memorize those lyrics.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

So it's a good reason to try to learn English with songs with lyrics. Oh, my gosh. It's like we're having fun. There's emotion being invoked.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

And we learn chunks and phrases as long as they're correct grammatically. Right. Which is another thing. But anyways, so, Michelle, what's another episode that we could check out?

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right, guys, check out episode 2571. That was don't let English vocabulary break down on you.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Nice. And for a takeaway, I mean, I just, I feel like, excited that we did this episode today because I have heard this mistake being made in very subtle context with students. Michelle, any other final takeaway that we want to leave our listeners with?

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, we, I mean, we, we went over the basics today. Again, I would say, you know, if you're, if you're going to remember one thing, I would say think of memorize being more of that process.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah, the process.

[Michelle Kaplan]

You know, I think that's, that's kind of the most helpful takeaway if you're wondering which one to use.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Yeah. The emotional things don't need a process because they're baked into your mind. You don't need to memorize your wedding day.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Yeah, right.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Some people. All right, good stuff today, Michelle. Well, you have a good rest of your day, guys. Hit follow right here on the show and be sure to leave us a rating or review if you love our style.

[Michelle Kaplan]

All right. All right, Lindsay, thanks for chatting about this with me today. And guys, we'll see you in the next episode.

[Lindsay McMahon]

Bye, Michelle.

[Michelle Kaplan]

Bye.

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