You get it all but you speak in simple phrases.

Wispy gets the words you understand but never say into your speech. You recall a word yourself, say it in a conversation, and from then on it comes on its own.

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leads you to the word
A Wispy conversation: the other person asks how to get teachers a working version without the full sync, and above “Hold to speak” the word workaround waits with what it means and a hint
Known, but never said
Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·
Why it never worked

Recognising and speaking are two different skills.

You trained the first one: reading, listening, recognising, and it grew. The second grows only when you recall a word yourself and say it out loud. Without that, the gap only widens with the years.

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years with the languageafter Laufer, 1998
What Wispy does
It takes the words you recognise and steers the conversation so you can’t get by without them. Say a word yourself and it’s yours.
Swain & Lapkin, 1995 · Applied Linguistics

Trying to say something makes you notice what's missing — reading doesn't do that.

Bjork & Bjork, 2011 · UCLA

What is hard to retrieve yourself is remembered better than what you were prompted with.

How it works

How a word reaches your speech.

Four steps that repeat day after day. About ten minutes, and the circle closes.

01
You keep the word

Something unfamiliar from an article, a show or a work chat. You look it up, and it lands in your dictionary.

02
You recall it yourself

The word has to be written or spoken by you. Writing gives you time to think — saying it out loud comes later, and easier.

03
The conversation leads you to it

The other person steers the talk so you need the word, but never says it for you. You have to say it yourself, out loud. If you get stuck, a hint is right there.

04
You go over what you said

You see which words you said yourself and which ones you avoided: those come back. And if a phrase came out clumsy, the breakdown shows how people actually say it.

A day or two later the word comes back — until it starts coming out on its own
What it asks of you

Nobody will say it for you.

Picking from a list is easy — which is why it is not work. The sentence has to be built by you, out of the words you already have, so that you are understood.

Out loud or in writing, whichever suits. Your sentence stays yours even when there is nowhere to say it yet.

Rehearsal

Name the conversation ahead and rehearse it before it happens.

In your own words: “standup, and my task is stuck”, “viewing a flat on Thursday”. Wispy finds a similar situation, prepares you with short lessons and lets you talk it through with the other person. If there is nothing similar, you talk through your own description.

Rehearsal in Wispy: someone typed “flat viewing on Thursday” and Simon the landlord starts the conversation
  • Dana, team lead
    Standup when your work is blocked
    Dana · team lead
  • Daniel, senior colleague
    Pushing back in a meeting
    Daniel · senior colleague
  • Emma, hiring manager
    Job interview: the conflict question
    Emma · hiring manager
  • Jamie, party guest
    A party where you know no one
    Jamie · party guest

And dozens more: an investor pitch, asking for a raise, the doctor, the pharmacy, a call to the bank, a parcel that never came, a date.

Specials

English from what you already watch.

Series, sport, games. The phrases fans actually use, each with an example from the show and from real life, then you say it yourself or talk to a character. Free, with no limits.

House of the Dragon: The Language of Power
Series
House of the Dragon: The Language of Power

The English of claims, oaths and scheming. Turns out Westeros sounds a lot like Monday meetings.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Confidence & Arrogance
Anime
Jujutsu Kaisen: Confidence & Arrogance

The English of confidence and arrogance — through Gojo and Sukuna.

GTA VI: Vice City Slang
Gaming
GTA VI: Vice City Slang

American slang, hype culture and satire from the most anticipated game of the year.

Severance: Speak Like Your Innie
Series
Severance: Speak Like Your Innie

Lumon's corporate cult-speak against real workplace English.

Caught in the Algorithm: TikTok Slang
Memes
Caught in the Algorithm: TikTok Slang

38 Gen Z words that already reached work chats and the Oxford dictionary.

Formula 1: Speak Like a Champion
Sport
Formula 1: Speak Like a Champion

Team radio, strategy and business English at three hundred kilometres an hour.

New topics land as the seasons go: series, games, sport, music, trends.

Why not them

There are easier ways.

Any AI
Anything can talk to you these days, and it will be delighted with whatever you say. It just will not notice that you keep chewing the same words, and will not offer a replacement. A month on, you still will not know whether you got better.
You’re absolutely right!
A conversation club
At the table you need to be understood, and familiar words get you there faster. No time to try new phrasing.
Yeah, totally.
Doing nothing
Your English will not get worse: the passive side grows on its own — from reading, from shows, from chats with a dictionary open. The active side does not. It moves only when you build the sentence yourself — out loud or in your own written words.
starting Monday
For teachers

You teach the lesson. Between lessons, the words make it into speech.

You give the words from your lesson. Students practise them between classes and get them into their speech, and you see who has already said which word.

  1. 1
    Paste the words from your lesson
  2. 2
    Send the link to your students
  3. 3
    See who has said what

You never see students’ sentences. Free for teachers.

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Turn it on in the app: Profile → “I’m a teacher”.

A school or several groups? Write to us: info@wispylang.app

You already have the words. Now say them.

Your first conversation is free and about your own situation: name what’s coming up and talk it through today.

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Now you will say them
Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·Let's park that for now. ·That's a fair point. ·Can we circle back? ·I'm not sold on it. ·Let me rephrase that. ·No pressure either way. ·That's on me. ·Give or take a day. ·Worth a shot. ·It slipped my mind. ·I'd rather hold off. ·Fair enough. ·That tracks. ·Let's tackle the big one first. ·

Common questions