This is a download from BBC Learning English to find out more. Visit our website. Hello, everyone, this is the English we speak with me, Fay and me, Rob. Hey, Fifi, do you need me to order you a pizza?

Why would I want you to order me a pizza when we're presenting a program?

Oh, go on. Just say pizza is my new smartphone will instantly order one for you.

I see. I know you've got a new and very expensive smartphone, Rob, but I'm quite happy using my bog standard dumb phone bog standard.

You mean it's basic, ordinary and unexceptional? I do, Rob.

It's a strange expression and nobody really knows its origins.

Well, I think it's got something to do with the English slang for toilet bog, which is where your old phone should be. Thanks, Rob.

Shall we hear some bog standard examples now?

I've got a bog standard computer, but it's fine for just sending emails and surfing the Internet. Sorry, you've got a low mark in your homework, but to be honest, it was bog standard. I found the new film Bog Standard, it lacked the action and special effects I was expecting. I mean, this is the English.

We speak from BBC, Learn English, and we're learning about the phrase bog standard, which describes things that are basic, ordinary and unexceptional.

Yes. Like your basic mobile phone.

Oh, is that a message on your new shiny, very expensive smartphone?

Yes. Yes, it is. It's my first bill for my new phone. Let's have a look at what how much.

Whoa.

Oh, dear. Rob, it's not such a new shiny phone now, is it? Oh, no.

How are we going to order a pizza now? Oh, my box standard phone here. Just press the numbers and you can actually talk to someone.

No, I'm not hungry now. Bye bye.