Lovely Language at Studio One, Revisit
Says You! - A Quiz Show for Lovers of Words, Culture, and History
Pipit & Finch
4.6 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2017
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this episode from VPR's Studio One in Colchester, Vermont Gregg Porter and our panelists played with Professor Timothy Brookes of the Lost Alphabets Project.
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Host: Gregg Porter
Musicians: Isabel Oliart and Mary Ann Han
Guest Player: Prof. Timothy Brookes – Lost Alphabets Project
Stereo Left:
Carolyn Faye Fox, Arnie Reisman, Paula Lyons
Stereo Right:
Murray Horwitz, Timothy Brookes, Barry Nolan
Round 1: Vermont Cities
Round 2: Creatively Misspelled – Outrageous mistakes
Round 3: Techno Talk – Info Age
Round 4: Creatively Misspelled – Outrageous mistakes
Spotlight Round: Bluffing with Host Richard Sher
Round 5: Lost in Translation (Songs from John Zobel)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This week says you comes from the studios of Vermont Public Radio, where our hosts may have expected us to do our homework. |
| 0:07.0 | Oh, calf meal Vermont. |
| 0:08.7 | I think we were supposed to study up on Vermont cities. |
| 0:11.8 | And this was the example. |
| 0:13.4 | This is the example. |
| 0:14.3 | We're in big trouble around. |
| 0:16.2 | Unfortunately, even the things we do study may or may not take root. |
| 0:20.3 | What is so frustrating about a Heisenbug? |
| 0:23.6 | I guess it causes uncertainty. |
| 0:25.6 | That means you don't know where it is. |
| 0:27.5 | If you're paying attention to it, it's defined by the observer. |
| 0:31.8 | I'm going to give that to you. |
| 0:33.6 | What did I just say? |
| 0:35.0 | Did that make sense? |
| 0:36.6 | But when all else fails, give the crowd a snappy little number. |
| 0:40.3 | It is the world's best known Peruvian song. |
| 0:43.3 | All of us are very familiar with the great performance of this song by Jimmy Durante. |
| 0:49.3 | Ink, gadding-doo. |
| 0:53.3 | If you have a nose for knowledge, |
| 0:56.5 | stick around. |
| 0:57.6 | Says You is coming right up. |
| 0:59.9 | This week's episode of Says You is brought to you by HelloFresh. |
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