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Twenty Thousand Hertz

"Blah, blah, blah" and the Ungooglable Phrase

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.84.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

“Blah, blah, blah” and “yada, yada, yada” have had plenty written about them. But there’s a longtime cousin of these phrases that’s much less understood. We use it all the time, yet it’s not in the dictionary. It’s not even Google-able. In this episode, we investigate the linguistic mysteries of the Five Dah Phenomenon. Featuring linguist & philosopher Paul Saka, and psychologist Helen Abadzi. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Facebook. Find the right doctor, right now at zocdoc.com/20k. Get a discount on your NordVPN plan at nordvpn.com/20k Take a free test drive of OCI at oracle.com/20k. Get a free Netsuite KPI Checklist at netsuite.com/20k. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: www.20k.org/episodes/blahblahblah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey listeners, it's hard for me to believe, but this is actually the 200th episode of 20,000

0:05.4

Hertz. And whether you've been with us from the beginning, or if this is your very first episode,

0:10.4

I want to thank you for being here. Now, I started this show eight years ago, and since then,

0:15.8

the way podcasting works has changed a lot. Many podcast apps are moving closer and closer to an algorithmic model,

0:22.7

which is more like YouTube. This means your podcast app may start to send you suggestions

0:27.4

based off of your preferences. As a listener, this is a great way to discover new shows,

0:32.1

but it can also make it easy to miss specific episodes from the shows you already love.

0:37.8

So to make sure you catch every 20,000 Hertz story, go to our show page in your app and make

0:42.9

sure you're following.

0:44.2

Then, consider turning on auto downloads and notifications.

0:47.8

That way, you can listen right when we launch our episodes and participate in the new episode

0:52.3

buzz.

0:58.8

You're listening to 20,000 Hertz. I'm Dallas Taylor.

1:07.5

Well, hello there, 20,000 Hertz producer Amelia Tate. How's it going, Dallas? Has your day been so far? I mean, it's the morning for you, right?

1:10.9

I just drank three cups of coffee, so hopefully it's going to get a lot better real quick. Nice, nice. And do you know what we're talking about today? I know we're

1:17.5

talking about blah, blah, blah. I mean, it's really funny. I was talking to my husband last week,

1:22.5

and I was like, oh, I'm doing a podcast episode on blah, blah, blah, yada, yada.

1:29.5

And he looked at me really concerned.

1:30.2

And I was like, what?

1:31.8

And he was like, tell me what it's about.

1:33.2

And I was like, exactly.

1:36.2

No, it's literally about blah, blah, blah, yada, yada.

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