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''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.'' | ''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.'' | ||
S: Hello and welcome to The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is November 16, 2011, and this is your host Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella, | |||
B: Hey, everybody. | |||
S: Rebecca Watson, | |||
R: Hello, everyone. | |||
S: Jay Novella, | |||
J: Yup-up. | |||
S: and Evan Bernstein. | |||
E: Olas Nuetes. To all of our listeners who speak the Galician language. | |||
J: Or Galactican. | |||
E: Yeah, that's what I thought it looked like, too, Jay, but, in looking at it a little closer, Galician is the language. | |||
S: What is Galician? | |||
E: It has its roots from a Latin-derived language based out of western Spain and Portugal, around the time of the 13<sup>th</sup> century. And there's currently 3.2 million native speakers in the world, of that language. | |||
S: Um hmm. | |||
E: So it's the Yiddish of Spain, let's call it that. | |||
J?: (In a Yiddish accent) Vat is this, Galician? (laughter) | |||
E: You know, you learn something new every day. | |||
S: That's what you learned today? | |||
E: That's what I learned today. I didn't learn anything else except that. | |||
==This Day in Skepticism <small>(01:10)</small>== | ==This Day in Skepticism <small>(01:10)</small>== | ||
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Introduction
You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.
S: Hello and welcome to The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is November 16, 2011, and this is your host Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella,
B: Hey, everybody.
S: Rebecca Watson,
R: Hello, everyone.
S: Jay Novella,
J: Yup-up.
S: and Evan Bernstein.
E: Olas Nuetes. To all of our listeners who speak the Galician language.
J: Or Galactican.
E: Yeah, that's what I thought it looked like, too, Jay, but, in looking at it a little closer, Galician is the language.
S: What is Galician?
E: It has its roots from a Latin-derived language based out of western Spain and Portugal, around the time of the 13th century. And there's currently 3.2 million native speakers in the world, of that language.
S: Um hmm.
E: So it's the Yiddish of Spain, let's call it that.
J?: (In a Yiddish accent) Vat is this, Galician? (laughter)
E: You know, you learn something new every day.
S: That's what you learned today?
E: That's what I learned today. I didn't learn anything else except that.
This Day in Skepticism (01:10)
News Items
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Who's That Noisy? ()
Questions and Emails ()
Question 1 () Question 2 () Interview with "..." ()
Science or Fiction ()
Skeptical Quote of the Week ()
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