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We didn’t get a full episode out this week, but George didn’t want to have a week with nothing at all, so he “reads”* the date in Tagalog, then goes on a ramble about loanwords a bit.
Top of Show Greeting: Lingwa de Planeta
Text of that date and time expression, for the curious:
Ika-4 ng Nobiembre, 2012, alas 4:30 ng hapon.
(all words): Ika-apat ng Nobiembre, twenty-twelve, alas kuwatro y medya ng hapon.
*(It was actually produced on the fly, hence the disfluency.)
Pete Bleackley
I’d just like to say I hope Mike’s not been too badly affected by the hurricane.
Robert Murphy
I like the short episode idea. Thanks for coming out with something every week. You are a relentless juggernaut of joy, George!
Nico Suarez
For the year, I think “taong dalawang libo’t labing dalawa” ought to be right. It isn’t uncommon for years to be English though. In some cases, even Spanish is used for years (this fell into disuse quite recently though)