Found In Translation

Have you ever seen something so cute that you just wanted to squeeze it? Have you ever felt sleepy after a big meal? Or enjoyed bouncing on a puffy cushion? There are words for all of these, just not in English. In this game show episode, 20K producer and resident linguist Grace East cooks up an “untranslatable” words quiz for Dallas and fellow producer Andrew Anderson. How many words can you guess?

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Have you ever seen something so cute that you just wanted to squeeze it? Have you ever felt sleepy after a big meal? Or enjoyed bouncing on a puffy cushion? There are words for all of these, just not in English. In this game show episode, 20K producer and resident linguist Grace East cooks up an “untranslatable” words quiz for Dallas and fellow producer Andrew Anderson. How many words can you guess?

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If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org

Improve your personal sound world at oneplus.com.

Check out headspace.com/20KHERTZ and use promo code 20KHERTZ to try Headspace free for 30 days.

Visit shopify.com/20k and sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period.

Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/foundintranslation

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