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Lexicon Valley

One Tongue to Rule Them All

Lexicon Valley

Lexicon Valley

Society & Culture, Education

4.8611 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Many have dreamt of a single common language, but it remains a dream. X: @lexiconvalleyFacebook: facebook.com/LexiconValleyWebsite: booksmartstudios.com/LexiconValley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, I'm Ryan Eggled from TV shows like New Amsterdam, The Blacklist, and of course, leave it to Beaver. You're on that? I was the Beaver. Didn't know. And I'm Adam Rose, an actor on TV, blue cardigan guy on your social medias, and Avid Speedwalker. We're the hosts of Small Stupid Stuff, an important new podcast from Studio 71. Ryan and I talk about the big issues, the heavy questions, pressing topics.

0:21.9

Like coffee date etiquette?

0:23.4

Best time to eat cereal.

0:24.9

And of course, whether you put your toilet paper over or under or around.

0:29.5

I don't know what around is.

0:30.9

I don't either, but I'm definitely an over man.

0:32.7

Yeah.

0:33.1

Every episode, we're joined by a celebrity guest who gives us their hottest takes on the stupidest,

0:38.7

smallest stuff.

0:39.6

Jocco Sims, Michelle Carrey, Alex Breckenridge, Pete Haversberger, Amber Childers.

0:46.6

Our goal is to solve the world's problems by finally figuring out the truth about crap that doesn't

0:51.8

matter.

0:52.3

So listen to Small Stupid Stuff on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:57.8

And watch us on YouTube, new episodes every Tuesday.

1:01.0

Stop.

1:05.2

From New York City, this is Lexicon Valley, a podcast about language.

1:13.4

I'm John McWhorter, and this is something that you probably did not know.

1:19.1

It's one of those things.

1:20.9

Did you know that Bulgarians nod to say no, and they shake their head to say yes? Isn't that interesting? There's a part of you

1:30.3

that would think that all people nod to say yes and shake their head to say no. There's even a

1:35.8

theory that maybe the reason for that would be that babies turn their head away when they don't

1:40.7

want food. I remember my dolly going, I don't want it, turning her head. And so then maybe you nod to say yes because it's the natural opposite. But no, no, because

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