Bob Novella

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5,248 appearances 19 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Bob Novella’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 19 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 4.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #827 - May 15 2021 podcast

I mean, 2,000 is a lot. voice-verified

But, you know, it doesn't say – when you say artificial and constructed, I mean, there could be – are you including computer languages? voice-verified

You know, there's a lot of languages. voice-verified

So I think that one is science. voice-verified

Nearly 30% of English words are of French origin. voice-verified

I don't know. voice-verified

30% seems kind of high. voice-verified

You know, I got to go back to, you know, French is a romance language. voice-verified

And I believe, you know, what is the root of romance languages other than Latin? voice-verified

French. voice-verified

I don't know. voice-verified

That doesn't sound accurate to me for some reason. voice-verified

The last one, a language or dialect goes extinct every two weeks. voice-verified

Yeah, unfortunately, I think that's true, too. voice-verified

You know, as generations die off and there's a lot, you know, tons and tons and tons of countries out there that have all these different, you know, little dialects where not that many people are left. voice-verified

So, OK, so I am going to finalize my guess here and say that the one about nearly 30 percent of English words are from French. voice-verified

I think it's more German, to be honest with you. voice-verified

But that is the fiction. voice-verified

Okay, Bob. voice-verified

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