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Jun 21, 2026 07:07
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Hello,
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this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Georgie.
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It's said that your personality is reflected in your pet,
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an animal that you keep in your home as a companion and treat kindly.
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Dog people are supposed to be friendly,
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enthusiastic and loyal,
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whereas cat people are introverted,
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proud and sensitive.
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Are you a dog person or a cat person,
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Neil? Oh,
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I'm definitely a dog person,
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Georgie.
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I want a pet that's friendly and loves me,
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not a lazy cat that sits around all day waiting for food.
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Whether you're a dog person,
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a cat person or have a goldfish,
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hamster or parrot for a pet,
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the British are well known as a nation of animal lovers.
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In the UK,
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52 % of owners describe their pet as their best friend.
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And in 2021,
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18 million homes had at least one pet,
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meaning that for the first time there were more households with a pet
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than without.
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In this programme,
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we'll be hearing how our relationship with pets has changed over the centuries.
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And,
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as usual, we'll be learning some useful new vocabulary as well.
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But first,
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I have a question for you,
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Georgie.
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Nowadays,
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thanks to the internet,
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modern pets are getting online.
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So what percent of dogs and cats in the UK do you
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think have their own social media profile?
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Is it A.
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7 % B.
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17 % or C.
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70 %
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It sounds crazy,
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but I'll guess 17 % of British pets have their own
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social media account.
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OK Georgie,
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we'll find out the answer later in the programme.
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Cats using Instagram and dogs on TikTok may be
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a strange new development,
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but our relationship with pets has continually changed throughout
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history.
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In the 1800s,
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people started using the word pet to describe the emotional connection
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they felt to a special animal,
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and gradually it became normal to keep pets indoors.
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Here,
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Jane Hamlet,
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professor of history and author of a new book,
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The Pet Revolution,
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explains to BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Aloud
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how early British attitudes to pets were based on economics.
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First of all,
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on a very practical level,
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living standards are gradually increasing across that period
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and it becomes more possible to keep pets if you have more
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disposable income.
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But I think in British culture,
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in the 19th century in particular,
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home and family are increasingly celebrated and keeping a
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pet becomes a way of
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bringing animals into your home life and also really expressing
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what it means to be part of a family.
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Animals become part of that.
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Family pets became more popular as people's living standards
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increased.
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Living standards,
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which are also known as the standard of living,
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refer to the level of material comfort people live in.
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It's connected to their disposable income,
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the money left over to spend on things you want after paying tax
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and other living expenses.
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In other words,
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as people got richer,
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they had more money to spend on luxury items,
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including pets.
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And by the Victorian era,
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this included new and exotic pets such as tigers,
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lions,
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monkeys and elephants,
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which were shipped back from around the British Empire.
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Even the famous Victorian writer Charles Dickens owned a pet raven.
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It was also the Victorians who first described Britain as a
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nation of dog lovers,
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a phrase they used to reflect the idea they had of themselves,
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as Professor Jane Hamlet explained to BBC Radio 4 programme
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Thinking Allowed.
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In the Victorian era,
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dogs were very much the top pets and you can see that
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the values that were often associated with dogs,
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so loyalty,
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trustfulness,
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you know,
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steadfastness,
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all of these qualities were also celebrated by the Victorians as key parts
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of the Victorian manly character.
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So dogs really fitted the bill.
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The Victorians admired the qualities associated with dogs,
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qualities like self -confidence and loyalty,
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being strong and unchanging in support of your friends.
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While dogs were considered strong and manly,
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cats were feminine and weak.
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So for the Victorians,
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dogs really fitted the bill – an idiom meaning they were
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suitable for a particular purpose.
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Britain's relationship with pets really has changed over the years.
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From the manly British bulldog to funny cat videos on YouTube,
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it's been quite a journey.
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Maybe it's time to reveal the answer to my question,
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Georgie.
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Right.
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You asked me how many dogs and cats in the UK had their own
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social media profile and I guessed it was 17%.
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Which was the correct answer.
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What I still don't understand is how they get their paws
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on the keypad.
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Anyway, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt in this programme about the
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love the British have for their pets,
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animals you keep in your home as a companion and treat kindly.
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A cat person is someone who likes or prefers cats,
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unlike a dog person who prefers dogs.
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Living standards,
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or standard of living,
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refers to the level of material comfort in which people live.
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Your disposable income is the money left over to spend on things you
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want after paying taxes and your living expenses.
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Loyalty means having strong and unchanging support for
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your friends.
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And finally,
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if something fits the bill,
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it's suitable to serve a particular purpose.
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Once again,
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our six minutes are up.
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Join us again soon for more trending topics and useful vocabulary here
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at 6 Minute English.
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Goodbye for now.
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Bye.
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