Shadowing Practice: Your New Mermaid Oshi Has Arrived! 🧜‍♀️ - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello.

So many fishies in the sea.

I can't wait to gobble you all up.

I know this is pretty early for our debut, but we've got a long day ahead of us, so do I have a surprise for you?

I almost spoiled it, like, for half a frame.

I was editing my overlays.

I looked at my OBS, and I was like, huh, that doesn't look like a preview.

That looks like what the chat sees right at this moment.

Probably because that's what chat sees right at the moment.

A little scuff.

Never hurt anyone, right?

I need to be friends!

Don't saw anything, right?

Got it.

A friend has joined us!

Who is this?

Could it be a new character in the Bobbleverse?

A little creature.

A little friend.

We'll have to think of a name for them.

Fi!

My Fi!

You guys like it?

It's my Fi!

Fi -coon. Is that...

Is that his name?

My lovely fins.

You know, for a whale, I haven't had very many aquatic features to my model in a very long time.

So I figured the beginning of summer, we could really dive back to the basics, our roots and beginnings.

So Hayamama cooked up a beautiful model for me.

Behold, we can zoom in.

Look at all the pretty features.

It's my headpiece slash fins.

I have a little beautiful oceanic tiara in the middle.

And as you can see, it's got so much dimension and light to it.

It looks like a real gem.

And then if you look at my fins, they're so pretty.

They look like musical notes just breathing out of my head.

Isn't that weird?

Oh my gosh!

My eyeballs.

We haven't had these eyeballs since the Ojosama model.

It's been a hot minute.

Pretty, right?

I like that I kept the shocked face emotion.

It's still just as sensitive as ever.

As you can see, I got a lovely, beautiful upgrade to the bow symbol on my forehead.

Would you look at that?

My hair blubbers.

Where are they?

Well, we wanted to change up the bangs.

I have never changed up my bangs before.

And Hayamama cooked up a really, really beautiful design for it.

While still keeping the bow symbol.

Power button upgrade.

There's like ocean waves and sunlight filtering through my bangs.

So it's almost as if the ocean breathes through the art.

It's gorgeous.

I've also got beautiful little hibiscus flowers on the sides of my head, too.

They're so pretty.

I love this color palette very, very much.

Moving up.

That's my face, man.

Here's my mouth.

This innocent face is full of evil.

Move up a little.

Oh, look at that.

Even more fins.

Bikkun still swimming around.

He's got nowhere to go.

So he's hanging out with us today.

As you can see, I've got tons and tons of jewelry pieces.

And I know they must have been very painstaking to create

because of all of the layers and every individual bead needs to be rigged and shined and polished and have dimension added.

Yeah, well, I've got all the pearl necklaces.

I bet she didn't know it was a competition and I'm winning.

Oh, wow.

Wow, collarbones, all the beads and necklaces.

And look at that.

Look how they shimmer under the ocean lights.

It's almost as if this model is rigged to really make you believe that I'm a mermaid underwater.

Just by how the light refracts.

It shines with like brilliant white glow and there's pinks and purples and blues.

And it's so, so pretty.

And more hibiscus flowers.

Moving up.

You know what else is shiny

and gleaming? my personality holy i love shining personalities thank you

so much tricky i'm so glad that you're paying

so much attention to it what can i say i've really changed for the better

and look at that my hair has turned into fins i don't know i'm really out to herself

and look look how organic the fins look

so beautiful the way they drape over and they look

so alive like this this is what it looks like i was a beautiful beta fish mermaid is it

so pretty could you have imagined what the centerpiece looked like

i could not what kind of incredible mastermind artist brain could

come up with this i asked hayama to make me a mermaid

and then she was like okay make you the most beautiful celestial ethereal being

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that has ever graced the ocean isn't it so beautiful oh my gosh and look how they shimmer

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We're talking about the shimmering, not the jiggling.

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We're talking about the shimmering.

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Ah, it's so pretty.

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And my fin.

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Wow.

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I'm a fin.

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Beautiful.

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Now for the masterpiece.

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My fin.

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Look at the fin.

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Look at my fin.

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isn't it so beautiful it looks like bioluminescent algae at night along the shoreline it's

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so pretty and i love that there's little petals of flowers

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that are like dreaming along it as

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if it's its own little ocean current oh god i could talk about this forever it's

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so gorgeous oh my gosh and there's

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so many layers of like refracting light along my fins it's like how is this a real model

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Oh my goodness, I'm so spoiled.

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Look.

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Wow!

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It's so gorgeous, isn't it?

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I'm so sorry to any artist.

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I know.

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I usually have very simple designs, but I don't know how you're gonna be able to draw this, but good luck.

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You'll learn so much about layering, though, and lights and palettes and stuff and effects.

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It'll be fun.

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Yeah, okay.

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Too late, buddy.

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All right.

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Damn.

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They already on my ass.

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The artist already on my ass.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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Behold!

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Isn't it so pretty?

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wow and look at all the bubbles

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that are bubbling up throughout the model it really looks

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so alive i mean not that i was dead before

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but this is like just a whole new level there's

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so many moving parts and pieces it's i'm like a cute bubbly fizzy dream

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and then i get to sit here

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and pretend i'm on a cute little rock

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and you're hanging out with me along the shoreline

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and then we can have a nice little picnic along the beach

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and then every time you're you're getting lost in the beauty of the sunset

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i splash water at you stop it now stop stop the water it's cold

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and then i swim up really close next to you

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and then i do this i burp right into your mouth

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and then you smell all the sardines

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i ate everyone's just ew ew yeah whatever

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i'm a beautiful ocean princess all fish beckon to my call

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burp to burp communication yeah whatever princess is still princess okay

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i'm just saying anyways uh i'm gonna show you all my toggles now i've got uh my notes here

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so i remember my toggle all right here's the first toggle

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this one is whoop my bangs oh my gosh bow

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you're finally back i couldn't recognize you without your big fat jiggly head oh yeah i'm still here and look

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There's actually fish in my head That bulbous forehead, yeah

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It's the most iconic one

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Look, I have, I have fish in it

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They're trapped in there forever I'm kidding I'm like a jellyfish

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You can swim in and out whenever you want

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Fish and nothing else in there

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Okay, you don't have to be mean about it

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Head's so empty

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What the hell?

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Is this like a ratatouille situation?

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Are you guys saying that the fish control me

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And that's why I'm the way I am? oh my god

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i feel like i'm staring at low sensory fish videos

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when i'm over stimulated this is awesome sensory fish video wow and guys i know we love callbacks so

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hey with this jiggly stupid freaking whale bee without the big ass cavern in the middle of her head

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when you swim too far down into the water

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and the pressure dents you okay so like

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that wouldn't happen this isn't like a condition

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or anything okay this is just what happens

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if you push down on my head too much oh who said get well soon

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i should kill you look how gelatinous it is don't

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you want to slap it around bet it makes flashy noises like you know what i mean

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and then here's my normal head

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and then here's the dental with my normal head lumpy space princess yeah

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when you breathe it pulsates that is disgusting please never say

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that again what is your problem why can't you guys come up with cuter analogies

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and then of course i've got my mascara

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and the fish princess has a meltdown and chat has to console her

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and it's too late i'm already crying

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and the entire the entire underwater structure is rattling all the fish are hiding um all the whales

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and and dolphins in the area have a headache

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because of my ultrasonic crying and wailing um there's tsunamis happening earthquakes

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and then the only thing that can console me is um

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if blithe calls me back blithe please and he's like oh shit

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and then he tries to step out the shower but

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because he's a giant wet dog he slips and cracks his head open

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and passes out and then the fish is like oh Oh, shit.

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I'm so fucking fired.

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And then the whole world ends.

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I was role -playing on main again.

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Okay, my bad.

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You guys don't like my imagination, and I have so much of it.

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What the heck?

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So many times I could have taken my meds, but I didn't.

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And it was all for you.

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who did this who did this me when my jokes are

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so bad that my entire chat throws tomatoes at me you can you can't tune a fish

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but you can tune a piano i'm gonna end the world again

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if you don't pretend to laugh okay this is how this is how it works here okay you laugh

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when it's funny you laugh when it's not funny and you clap

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when when it's not not good okay let it end okay All right.

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That's it.

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I'm putting you all in air jail.

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You guys are in air jail.

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Ah, let me down, Bao.

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Let me down.

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No. You've been bad.

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Now face the consequences.

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Stay in air jail.

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No, Bao.

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Stop shaking me around.

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I'm going to get busy.

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Too freaking bad, Bao Bo Buddy.

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Look how cute you guys are.

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Now you can hang out around Ficoon.

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Ficoon.

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Say hi, Feet -coon.

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Hehe, I'm Feet -coon.

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I still have my puppy face.

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I know I'm a fan, but I can still pull this on you.

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I'm a sea dog.

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I got that dog in me.

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Please let me eat the extremely rare endangered fish.

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It smells so good.

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Can I at least have a nipple?

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Me, when I want to slink away from my ocean princess responsibilities, so I jump up on the harbor and hang out with the sea lions

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and get all stinky like them and i blend in

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and you guys can't find me like damn where's bow and there i am going

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that's me man and then i eat the spicy pepper the pepper is really spicy

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and you said not to eat it but i ate it anyway

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so now it's really spicy and i don't know what to do

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why is it spicy behold one shot of a bow please guys

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it's real look i'm a beautiful wine glass yes i'm uh

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i've got a spritz of um hmm i don't know any alcohol this is how bow berry sups are made

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and then i'm on my period and then it turns into a bloody memory

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that's a funny one look let's zoom in shall we

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and take a marvel at this brand new mysterious beverage

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that has appeared in front of you perhaps

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if you take a sip all of your dreams will come true maybe you'll gain infinite knowledge infinite wealth

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or maybe even infinite riz um miss bow why is your martini glass getting

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so cloudy well that's

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because there's no bad i'm kidding guys this is obviously a beautiful like blueberry vodka margarita spritz

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and it's nice bubbly and refreshing

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and you definitely want to take a sip trust it will give you the eternal uh knowledge

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and youth you need to become i don't know like god or something like what do kids want to do nowadays.

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I don't know.

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So now we have the beautiful Boutini.

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Yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.

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Who wants to take a sippy?

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Who wants to take a sippy?

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Type one if you want to take a sippy.

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Where do I get it?

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I used it.

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Yay.

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It is what it is for the health.

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Yep, come.

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Me first, me first, me first.

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I'm thirsty.

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I can't, Terry.

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I'm not doing anything that might make me live longer.

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That sounds terrible.

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Spoon.

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Come on.

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If we're all living forever you gotta join us too think of all the memes

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that could happen like can you imagine how memes would evolve like a hundred years from now like don't

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you want to see that this is really sad

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but i can actually i can actually banish fey coon fey coon where are you it's like finding nemo

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but better no fey coon oh there he is just kidding just messing with you guys

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oh look i'm giving you guys an enema hooray i am your princess

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literally she's

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so perfect genuinely what is wrong with you that's crazy that's crazy you know what you get for

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that you get an enema

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girl i'm feeling crazy let's press the mute button together no wait guys did we watch spongebob

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and then you throw a brick at my head and i die oh my god See!

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She holds the bubble body!

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I can finally hug you guys.

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After four to five years...

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No, after five years of financially supporting me, I have now agreed to hug you.

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Look how cute you guys are!

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You're the cutest most...

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And look at that!

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Even though you guys are in front of me, because you're so transparent, you can still see my bobbers.

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And because you're transparent, you can see

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that they're squeezing against you like a like a weird window isn't

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this all you've ever dreamed of one big buzz ball oh yeah

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you guys really are my big buzz ball i can't drink all of it though

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because then i'll get really drunk i won't be good

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and i can't do my my mermaid princess uh duties however um a little sip wouldn't wouldn't hurt

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you know sorry so this is my model hooray look at

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that look at all of these beautiful details my beautiful tail

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my beautiful chest piece my fins my new fit big coon our new character

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you guys are in my arms now and that gorgeous gorgeous tail in that and

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that beautiful butt in the martini glass wow clap clap clap

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shout out hayama fair shout out iron vertex soy obviously did all of the project management

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Hey, did this video make a chuckle?

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Maybe puff a little air out of your nostril?

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Well, be sure to hit that subscribe button and the notification bell so you don't miss my new videos.

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Or else, you don't want to know what happens.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Your New Mermaid Oshi Has Arrived! 🧜‍♀️”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: beautiful, fin, fish. This video has 305 sentences and 2618 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:26. The speaker talks at a natural 159 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
fin noun	/fɪn/	One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
gorgeous adjective	/ˈɡoɹd͡ʒəs/	Sumptuously dressed.
bang noun	/ˈbæŋ/	A sudden percussive noise.
swim verb	/swɪm/	To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
gosh	/ɡɑːʃ/	A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
spicy adjective	/ˈspaɪsi/	Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
clap verb	/klæp/	To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
layer noun	/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/	A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
breathe verb	/bɹiːð/	To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
bubble noun	/ˈbʌbəl/	A spherically contained volume of air or other gas in a liquid, commonly a soapy liquid.
infinite adjective	/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/	Indefinably large, countlessly great; immense.
whale noun	/ˈweɪl/	Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.
behold verb	/bɪˈhəʊld/	To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
buddy	/ˈbʌdi/	A person far removed from the conversation.
tail noun	/ˈteɪ̯l/	An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
move up verb	To promote, put onto a higher level.
come up with verb	To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
light along verb	To lift or carry anything along the deck; to help in hauling along.
pass out verb	To faint; to become unconscious.
step out verb	To exit a place on foot, often for a short time.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I can't wait to gobble you all up.
Would you look at that?
Can I at least have a nipple?
Where do I get it?
Maybe puff a little air out of your nostril?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	has joined · haven't had · It's been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be rigged · is rigged · are made
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the most beautiful · the most iconic · the cutest
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	love shining · Stop shaking

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 109 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/, blithe /blaɪð/, ethereal /ɪˈθɪɚ.i.əl/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shine /ʃaɪn/, shout /ʃaʊt/, dimension /daɪˈmɛn.ʃən/, shock /ʃɔk/
Long words — get the stress right: underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, mysterious /mɪˈstɪɹi.əs/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like fin, gorgeous, bang.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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