“Blah, blah, blah” and “yada, yada, yada” have had plenty written about them. But there’s a longtime cousin of these phrases that’s much less understood. We use it all the time, yet it’s not in the dictionary. It’s not even Google-able. In this episode, we investigate the linguistic mysteries of the Five Dah Phenomenon. Featuring linguist & philosopher Paul Saka (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Saka) , and psychologist Helen Abadzi (https://uta.academia.edu/HelenAbadzi) .






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