#129 - We Try Speaking Other Languages

Summary

Smosh Mouth Podcast Episode #129: "We Try Speaking Other Languages"

Date: February 2, 2026
Hosts: Shayne Topp, Amanda Lehan-Canto, Olivia Sui

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Overview

In this international and lighthearted episode, the Smosh Mouth team—Shayne, Amanda, and guest Olivia—embrace their linguistic curiosity by attempting to speak and translate a variety of languages. Sparked by Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl performance and their own multicultural backgrounds, the group dives into reading song lyrics and famous phrases in Spanish, Tagalog, Mandarin, and Russian. Along the way, they discuss the nuances, joys, and challenges of learning languages, swap cultural anecdotes, and reflect on the ways language shapes identity and belonging.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Dudes and Makeup: Past, Present, and Future

• Makeup Myths: Shayne predicts a future where makeup is common for all genders:

  "I think within our lifetimes, we'll hit a point where, like, all dudes are wearing makeup again." (01:30)

• Cultural Crossovers: Amanda recalls Korean trends and Shayne references the emo era as points where makeup was normalized for men.

2. Why Other Languages?

• The Episode’s Impetus: The group’s interest stemmed from Bad Bunny's Super Bowl spotlight and the desire to connect with fans who speak different languages.

  "Bad Bunny, a lot of his songs are in Spanish. And I was like, I love other languages. Let's try to see if we can read other languages—a bit of a challenge." (03:26)

3. Language, Identity, and Perceptions

• On Heritage and Assumptions:
  • Amanda debunks rumors:

    "I am not Puerto Rican. I am Portuguese. My family's from the Azores." (21:18)

  • Olivia clarifies:

    "I am Chinese, not white… also not Puerto Rican!" (21:30)

4. Code Switching: Language and Culture

• Mixed Definitions and Lived Experience:

  Shane: “You would go back and forth between English and Mandarin within the same sentence... I thought code switching was more of a cultural thing.”
  Amanda: “It's called code switching.”
  (11:47-13:00)

• Discussion of how "code switching" can refer both to language mixing and altering behavior/speech style in different cultural settings.

5. Sports Talk Asides

• Brief discussion of football predictions, the Super Bowl timeline, and how sports function as cultural rituals.

  Shane: “If by some miracle the Broncos do win the Super Bowl, I will get a perm.” (70:13)

6. The Deep Challenge of Language Learning

• Aspirations and Frustrations:

  Shane: “One of my lifetime dreams is to be able to speak Spanish... I suck at it.” (09:53–10:03)

  • Amanda adds: "It's much easier to learn it when you're younger… I'm teaching my son Russian now…" (10:06)
• Effort & Respect: All agree trying matters, even if you fail, but recount jokes about how some cultures (esp. France) don’t always appreciate language learners’ efforts.

7. Singing and Translating Multilingual Hits

Spanish - Bad Bunny

• The group tries to read (and sometimes sing) through Bad Bunny lyrics, decoding phrases and sharing context:
  • [18:00] “Titi me preguntó…” ("Auntie asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends...")
  • [19:04] Amanda: "Sounds way better than I…”
  • Amanda provides context: “Years of Spanish, you start to be able to do that, but what's crazy is in Spanish class, they teach you 'go to the museum' …but not street Spanish.” (20:33)
• Translation Moment:

  “Let those who have already moved on smile.” – Amanda, translating (23:49)

Tagalog

• They attempt famous lines from Filipino movies and songs:
  • [47:29] Olivia: “Nagui... Let me start over. Sorry. Take two.”
  • [48:00] Shane (translating): “You'll never make it you’re nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat.”

Mandarin

• Olivia shares phrases demonstrating how tones and inflections shape meaning:
  • [56:01] Olivia: “The first three words were good.”
  • [56:36] Olivia: “If I was anywhere around people who spoke Mandarin, they'd be like, stop talking to me, dude.”
  • Tones in Mandarin:

    Shui jiao = sleep
    Shui jiao = dumpling (57:04)

Russian

• Amanda attempts a Russian poem from a film, noting both the challenge and beauty:
  • [65:22] Amanda explains the poetic translation, centering on mature, gentle love.

8. Untranslatable Words and the Limits of Language

• The team discusses words that don’t easily translate, like "xiao shun" (filial piety) and others with deep cultural context:

  "It's just so interesting because I don't think there's that word [for xiao shun] in English." — Olivia (40:46)

9. Culture through Language and Food

• Conversation about cultural dining habits (e.g., family-style eating) and how those practices reflect values.
• Olivia on growing up with Filipino food and language:

  “Lumpia, adobo, I ate it every single day.” (52:27)

10. Learning from Each Other and Celebrating Diversity

• Repeated emphasis on curiosity, trying, and learning as a lifelong pursuit.
• Amanda: “It’s so important to be curious. Go there and be curious.” (44:15)
• Olivia: “That's why I love this episode right now because I'm learning so much.” (63:05)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Trying Languages:

  "If by some miracle, the Broncos do win the Super Bowl, I will get a perm." – Shane (70:13)

• Navigating Multilingual Lives:

  Olivia: “I'm also fluent in stupid, and that's a skill." (11:14)

• Language and Emotion:

  Amanda: "That's what's magic about other languages... There's just like, this other tapped in magic..." (39:58)

• Pop Culture Connections:

  Amanda: "You kind of look like Jennifer Love Hewitt."
  Shane: "Oh, that's high praise! Whoa." (34:00)

• When Effort Isn’t Always Enough:

  Shane: “Whenever I've traveled... trying to speak the language... you realize that everyone, everywhere is bilingual—except for us.” (25:41)

• On Untranslatable Words:

  Olivia: “There's a word in Mandarin called xiao shun... meaning you put your parents first... it's so cultural, and there's no single English word for that.” (40:46)

• Cultural Curiosity:

  Amanda: "Wherever I've traveled... how different every small little thing can be..." (44:31)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 01:30–03:00 – Makeup culture and language episode introduction
• 03:40–05:00 – Reason for doing language episode + Super Bowl context
• 10:00–13:00 – Language learning challenges and code switching
• 16:16–25:00 – Spanish segment: Bad Bunny lyrics breakdown, translation, and cultural notes
• 25:54–29:19 – Language barriers while traveling
• 31:43–36:00 – More Spanish song translations and deeper meanings
• 39:08–43:20 – Untranslatable words, Mandarin cultural concepts
• 47:02–49:18 – Tagalog movie quote reading and translation
• 56:01–58:05 – Mandarin phrases, the importance of tones, language confusion jokes
• 63:01–67:55 – K-pop/Asian pop culture nostalgia (Meteor Garden)
• 67:22–70:01 – Russian poem reading, poetic translation, theme of gentle love
• 70:13–72:27 – Super Bowl bets, hair dye promises, episode wrap-up

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Summary Table of Languages Attempted

| Language | Material Attempted | Notable Segment/Timestamp | |-------------|---------------------------|--------------------------| | Spanish | Bad Bunny lyrics | 16:16–36:00 | | Tagalog | Film quotes, song lyrics | 47:02–52:37 | | Mandarin | Phrases, pop lyrics | 55:04–63:09 | | Russian | Classic poem | 65:22–68:41 |

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Tone and Style

The episode is playful, curious, occasionally self-deprecating, and full of genuine excitement for learning and cultural exchange. The hosts balance humor with earnest discussion about identity, the challenges of speaking new languages, and the joy of trying—no matter how embarrassing the results.

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Final Thoughts

Smosh Mouth #129 stands out for its blend of humor, humility, and heartfelt curiosity. The team’s willingness to make mistakes, share personal stories, and celebrate the world’s linguistic diversity creates a welcoming space for listeners—no matter what languages they speak—while encouraging everyone to keep learning, trying, and connecting.

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“Listen, guys, we’re not perfect, but we’re curious. We want to learn.” – Amanda (69:47)

Transcript

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[Shane]

I think within our lifetimes, we'll hit a point where, like, all dudes are wearing makeup again.

[Amanda]

We had that in Korea.

[Olivia]

They were makeup.

[Shane]

Yeah. I think we're going to. We kind of had it in the emo era. Like, it was kind of normalized for dudes to wear makeup.

[Amanda]

H sometimes lets me put it on if he's going to like a warehouse party.

[Shane]

Oh, that makes sense.

[Amanda]

And then he went and we visited his friends first and they're like, the fuck's in your face, bro?

[Shane]

And I was like, see, what I mean is I think we're gonna hit a point at some point in the next decades where guys don't make fun of each other for that.

[Amanda]

Yeah, because it's awesome.

[Olivia]

They make fun of each other for having small.

[Shane]

Have you seen that? Have you seen that trend on Tick Tock where it's like, it's like I get robbed, but I accidentally grab the setting spray instead of pepper spray?

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

And they do it with their boyfriends, and they, like, do this thing, and then they put their boyfriends in full makeup, and they, like, turn their. Like. And. And, like, these guys look amazing with, like, full makeup.

[Olivia]

I mean, wait, we should do that.

[Amanda]

You looked great at the smosh hospital. I was like, okay, honey.

[Olivia]

Gorgeous. Gorgeous.

[Shane]

Thank you.

[Amanda]

And in the trailer, you were like, yeah.

[Shane]

Oh, it's. You see yourself in the mirror, and you're like.

[Amanda]

It was like. Court was just like. And you were just like, yeah. Anthony and I were in the back just watching you, and I was like, oh, my God.

[Shane]

Hola. Bienvenido a smoshmouth.

[Amanda]

Soy Shane y soy Amanda. Y oy, tanemos un invitara espacial. Olivia.

[Shane]

How did you guys like that?

[Amanda]

Bienvenido.

[Olivia]

You automatically change your voice. Like, the tone of your voice.

[Shane]

I cannot help but go into, like, a soccer announcer.

[Olivia]

Yes.

[Shane]

Because, like, that's like, hola, Bienvenidos. Football especial. Like, I. I just. Because I love that.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Mine. Spanish teacher lavas los platos. Bienvenidos.

[Olivia]

You do sound like a teacher.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I'm into it.

[Olivia]

You could pass as a teacher. Teach me something.

[Amanda]

Yeah, I'll teach you Spanish. Guys, why are we speaking different languages?

[Shane]

We kind of, in coming up with this episode, it was like an A to C type situation, right? We're like, the super bowl is coming up, but do people really want to hear us talk about football? No, but Bad Bunny is. Is doing the halftime show, and Bad Bunny, a lot of his songs are in Spanish. And I was like, I love other languages. Let's try to see if we can read other langu. Bit of a challenge for ourselves.

[Olivia]

This is why.

[Shane]

That's kind of.

[Amanda]

This is why.

[Shane]

That's our excuse for doing it.

[Olivia]

I thought it was like, oh, my God. Did you guys know Olivia is Chinese? And then they're like, yeah, I didn't.

[Shane]

Think about that, actually.

[Amanda]

It is true. You are Chinese.

[Olivia]

No, but you guys realize, like, oh, my God, she's Chinese. She speaks a different language.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

It occurred to me a couple months ago for the first time.

[Olivia]

Yeah. That I'm Chinese.

[Amanda]

Yeah. I thought you were just.

[Olivia]

It was raised hospital.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Yeah. You were like, oh, my God, you're Chinese. Also, you next to Trevor. Oh, my. He is like, two feet. He's like double your size.

[Olivia]

Is he?

[Amanda]

I don't know. But seeing it on screen was wild idea. It was a while.

[Olivia]

How tall is Trevor?

[Amanda]

I don't know.

[Shane]

Want to say Trevor. 6. 4?

[Olivia]

6?

[Shane]

5. Anyways, so as of Recording this episode, it's still January, but when this episode airs, the super bowl is next week, or it's going to. It's coming up.

[Amanda]

And your prediction was.

[Shane]

So I predicted that the Rams and the Texans were going to go to the Super Bowl. That didn't happen. But something kind of crazy. I was thinking about this. All right, so this weekend, as of recording this, the Broncos and the Patriots are going to play in the AFC championship.

[Amanda]

You versus me.

[Shane]

I know we're facing off, and Olivia's here. You know, it's crazy, though. So the Broncos in their last game, it was an insane game, but then their quarterback broke his ankle on the final play. So now in this game, Broncos are at a huge disadvantage. They're probably going to lose. If you remember, in our 2025 predictions, I said the Broncos are going to go to the AFC championship and lose. Does nobody remember that I said that?

[Amanda]

No, because my predictions, when you're saying stuff like that, I just go, la, la, la, la, la. Earth is fun.

[Shane]

I predicted it in. At. In January of 2025, and this is the 2025 football season. Wow. And so I predicted the Broncos were going to lose here.

[Olivia]

That is crazy.

[Shane]

Thank you, Olivia.

[Amanda]

You know what?

[Shane]

That is very. Is that crazy?

[Amanda]

That's very cool.

[Olivia]

Olivia, do you watch football? No, I do not. But your prediction. Wow, that's awesome. So cool. Really cool that you predicted that a year ago during this time.

[Amanda]

I will say that my mom is a huge Patriots fan. She loves the Patriots. She watches it every single Sunday. So she is very excited about this.

[Shane]

And I'm very happy for you.

[Olivia]

I'm so excited for your mom and for you. This is amazing. Football is cool.

[Amanda]

Olivia, if you were to watch anything on Sunday, what would it be?

[Olivia]

I would watch. Oh, my God, so many shows on hbo.

[Shane]

Okay. Fair. I would also watch those.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Yeah. I also enjoy tv.

[Amanda]

Any. Any specific ones?

[Shane]

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[Shane]

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[Amanda]

Yeah, you started it.

[Shane]

Well, it was my. One of my mom's favorite shows from 2024. Okay.

[Amanda]

Well, me and your mom are. Have a lot in common.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

It's so good.

[Olivia]

I'll watch football on Sundays.

[Amanda]

Yeah, me too. Yeah, I actually. Here's the deal. I don't actually love watching the sport of football. I do love watching sports. I. I'd rather watch football.

[Shane]

The World cup is this year or.

[Olivia]

Base cup is this year.

[Shane]

Yeah. We got the Winter Olympics in the World cup this year, and I am stoked for that. I am obsessed with the World Cup.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

Oh, I Didn't know that because the stakes.

[Shane]

Because the stakes are just huge. Because I'm like, it's the world. Like, football is cool, But I'm like, this is just in America. And it's like, all right, cool. The World Cup. I'm like, holy shit. This small country is trying to get this. This achievement that they've never gotten. Like, when Messi won for Argentina, it was crazy.

[Amanda]

He is so popular.

[Shane]

He's awesome.

[Amanda]

My nephew literally consistently wears Messi outfits, and then he went to a Liverpool game with his dad, and he was just. It was so freaking cute.

[Shane]

Yeah, man.

[Olivia]

So, wait, who was in the World Cup?

[Shane]

Like, the World cup is.

[Olivia]

What is this happening?

[Shane]

This happens this year, later this year.

[Amanda]

I want to say where's.

[Shane]

Actually, it's going to be in America. It's going to be held all throughout Canada, Mexico, and I think it's going.

[Amanda]

To be at bank of California.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

In L. A.

[Shane]

They're going to have them in, like, so far. Here we go. Stadium. Every stadium across.

[Olivia]

Why can't we go.

[Amanda]

I think tickets are probably. Tickets are crazy. Wait, don't they have a lottery going on for World cup right now?

[Shane]

Winter Olympics. They have lotteries going on. Chance was looking into that.

[Amanda]

Summer Olympics for 2028. Oh, Summer Olympics for LA for 2020.

[Shane]

Oh, right.

[Olivia]

That's in two years.

[Amanda]

I know.

[Shane]

And it's going to be psychotic.

[Olivia]

Where are the Winter Olympics?

[Amanda]

Italy.

[Shane]

Italy.

[Amanda]

Italy.

[Shane]

I always forget that there's snowy mountains.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

When is this? Sorry, I've been asleep for the past three years.

[Shane]

The Winter Olympics are in February.

[Olivia]

Going. What's. Okay. But is the winter going to be over soon?

[Amanda]

Is what.

[Olivia]

When is winter over?

[Shane]

March.

[Olivia]

Okay. All right.

[Shane]

Prime winter is actually January. February.

[Amanda]

Hey.

[Olivia]

So I don't know how seasons work.

[Shane]

I thought, well, in L. A, it's.

[Amanda]

Hard to prime winter. Technically, before global warming was October to March.

[Shane]

Yeah, pretty much. But now we get it in January.

[Amanda]

Now it's like, December to March. Like, the east coast right now is a winter wonderland.

[Shane]

Currently, I'm about to go to Colorado for the Bronco Patriots game, and it's going to be, like, 20 degrees.

[Amanda]

Are you. What's happening?

[Shane]

See, look, recording this podcast time is weird, right? Because we're in the past, but it's airing in the future. And so, Olivia, you are here. You're here.

[Amanda]

You're at Smosh Mouth. But don't Worry, it is 2026.

[Olivia]

No, we have rehearsals for Smash Hospital.

[Shane]

No, that's dumb.

[Amanda]

No, we already did that.

[Shane]

We already did that.

[Amanda]

It's okay. So sometimes there's a lot going on.

[Olivia]

There's a lot going on, and I don't know.

[Amanda]

Why don't.

[Olivia]

Why don't you just tell me when this episode's coming out? Then I'll know the timeline.

[Shane]

February 7th.

[Amanda]

Great.

[Shane]

Second.

[Amanda]

Great.

[Shane]

February 2nd.

[Olivia]

Literally in two weeks.

[Amanda]

Feb.2.

[Shane]

But you guys don't want to hear us talk about sports for an hour.

[Olivia]

No, keep going. And your predictions.

[Shane]

That's why we. We've wanted to do this for a while. Of reading other languages off a teleprompter and seeing how well we can just read them without knowing the language. We have so many fans who are from so many parts of the world, speak so many different languages.

[Amanda]

So cool.

[Shane]

Um, and I. I do, like, one of my lifetime dreams is to be able to speak Spanish. Um.

[Amanda]

Yep.

[Shane]

I've been off and on in classes my entire life.

[Amanda]

Yep.

[Shane]

I suck at it. I suck at learning languages.

[Amanda]

You have to consistently practice. You have to consistently practice it. Also, it's much easier to learn it when you're younger, which is why my son. We are teaching him Russian now, because my husband speaks fluent Russian, obviously. And so I think when they're younger, you can teach them easier, which means that I have to get a Russian tutor. I have to, because I can't have my husband and my son just talking behind my back. No, I can't let that happen.

[Shane]

No, it's going to be bad.

[Amanda]

I can't let them have a special bonding time. I'll be in there.

[Olivia]

Yeah. You got to learn.

[Amanda]

I do have to learn. So we will be doing some Russian today, and I will be very bad at it.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

I practiced in front of my husband, and he was laughing the entire time.

[Olivia]

Probably better than me.

[Shane]

You're gonna be better than both of us at that. And then Selena wrote a paragraph in Tagalog, which I couldn't tell you what.

[Olivia]

I've never read in Tagalog. Ever.

[Shane]

No. I don't know what I'm getting into.

[Amanda]

Here, because Selena is fluent.

[Shane]

You're fluent. Wow. We have so many people here who work at Smosh who are fluent in multiple languages.

[Olivia]

Well, Olivia, I am fluent in Mandarin, not Chinese. Mandarin is the language. I'm also fluent in stupid, and that's a skill.

[Amanda]

I'll also be reading that off the prompter. Or we'll just be talking it.

[Shane]

Olivia. Something that I remember, it blew my mind when I first started working here, and we were, like, hanging out at the office, and you were on the phone with your mom. And it's not about you. Yeah, you were talking shit about me. But it wasn't just that you were speaking Mandarin. You would go back and forth between English and Mandarin within the. Within the same sentence.

[Amanda]

Sentence. It's called code switching.

[Shane]

Why are you anyways.

[Amanda]

Learned it in college. It's called code switching.

[Olivia]

When I go from one language to the other.

[Amanda]

Yep, people do it all the time. That's what it's called.

[Shane]

I thought code switching was more of a cultural thing.

[Olivia]

I thought it was more.

[Shane]

I thought that was people being like, oh, I gotta talk this way to white people because they're racist.

[Olivia]

Like when I go home.

[Shane]

That was my assumption.

[Olivia]

Me too. I thought that was code switching. Like when I'm here, I code switch. I'm a white person.

[Amanda]

No, I'm just going to say no and I'm going to stick with that.

[Olivia]

Wait, let the audience decide.

[Amanda]

Guys, what do you comment below? What do you think code switching. Do you think code switching is when you are talking to someone in the same language and you're switching back from two different languages? Or is code switching because you are trying to be more white for other people's comfort or other?

[Olivia]

Like, it doesn't have to be just.

[Shane]

Code switching is like. I think I always assumed it was like in a specific society. It's like, okay, I'm gonna be judged if I don't like speak this way.

[Amanda]

Yeah, that's not what I thought to.

[Shane]

Switch up how I'm talking.

[Amanda]

I guess I'm the only one who thinks it's the other way. So this is the issue.

[Olivia]

I can see why. I think, okay, you know what I think? I think textbook. Maybe this is correct, accurate. And then I think as people started being more coats, which you like, they started using that term as like a cultural thing.

[Amanda]

You guys know when you learn something like years ago and you're like, that is fact forever. You've never asked questions about it. You've never like researched if it's wrong, you've just imprinted in your brain like, that is correct.

[Olivia]

Yes. The earth is flat.

[Shane]

I assume I'm wrong about everything.

[Olivia]

I heard someone say that.

[Amanda]

Well, that's a conspiracy theory that is actually going on. I know that there's an ice wall.

[Shane]

It's.

[Amanda]

I can't.

[Shane]

And it's unfortunate, you guys.

[Olivia]

I'm kidding.

[Shane]

I know.

[Amanda]

I don't know.

[Olivia]

I'm kidding.

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[Amanda]

Shall we get to some languages?

[Shane]

Should we try to Speak some other.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Because also, Bad Bunny is doing the super bowl, and I'm very, very excited about that.

[Shane]

Okay. So most of the Spanish that we have, we're gonna speak some Bad Bunny songs so we don't get copyright struck.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

Okay.

[Shane]

So don't sing too beautifully. Okay.

[Amanda]

I definitely want. I'm going to be talking this. Do you want to start? So we're going to. We're going to talk some Spanish, and then we're going to translate it for you guys.

[Olivia]

Great.

[Amanda]

And if you are a Spanish speaker listening to this, I apologize ahead of time.

[Olivia]

I'm so sorry. I'm trying my best here. I can barely speak English.

[Amanda]

Do you want to start?

[Shane]

I can start.

[Olivia]

Start.

[Shane]

I feel like I generally feel pretty good about pronounce, pronouncing Spanish words because it's, like, more consistent with their vowels, whereas English. I'm misspeaking all the time. And our comments are letting me know all the time.

[Amanda]

Really?

[Shane]

Oh, I, I. Because I learned most a lot of words from just reading alone. I. I never learned how to pronounce a lot of words, like, truly. So people are constantly like, you're pronouncing that. Weird.

[Amanda]

No, I think it's. You have an accent. Like, you say eggs like eggs and leg like leg. You just have a little bit of an accent.

[Olivia]

Wait, really?

[Shane]

And I don't know what accent that is.

[Amanda]

Eggs. Leg.

[Olivia]

That's eggs.

[Shane]

Leg.

[Olivia]

An egg.

[Amanda]

Leg.

[Olivia]

Leg.

[Shane]

Leg.

[Amanda]

Eggs.

[Shane]

Eggs.

[Amanda]

It's okay. I say milk.

[Shane]

Sorry, no, we cannot move on. What was that?

[Amanda]

Milk. Milk. Milk. Milk.

[Shane]

Oh, you say it with an e. Milk.

[Olivia]

Why?

[Amanda]

Milk.

[Olivia]

Stop doing that.

[Amanda]

I don't know. Boston.

[Olivia]

Oh, yeah. Boston milk.

[Shane]

Okay, here we go. How do I pronounce that first word? Okay, it's. Is it titi? Is it? It is titi.

[Olivia]

Okay.

[Shane]

I didn't. Okay, all right. Titi me pragunto de conejo malo. Titi me pregunto. Si tengo mucha novia. Mucha novia. Oy. Tango a una manana otra E pero no Ay bora. Titi mepergunta si. Tango muchanovia. J. Mucho novia. Hoytengo a una manana otra.

[Amanda]

Nice.

[Shane]

Maya voya yevar atoa PA un vip A saludan. Atiti Vamo atir tirarno un selfie. Say cheese.

[Olivia]

I love that.

[Shane]

Que son rian? Las que ya les meti?

[Sponsor Voice]

N?

[Shane]

Un vip. Un vip? A saludan a Titi. Vamo a terano. Un selfie. Say cheese. K. Son Ryan. Son Ryan. Las Que olvidaron Demi.

[Amanda]

Nice.

[Shane]

Okay, let me see. Can you scroll back up? I think I can kind of get the gist of what's going on.

[Olivia]

Sing it.

[Shane]

All right, I have a question. I have a girlfriend.

[Amanda]

Yep.

[Shane]

Is that a lot of girlfriends? I have a Tomorrow. Tomorrow. But. But I don't know. I don't know. Okay, but he's talking about a girlfriend. He's like, I got a question.

[Amanda]

I have a question about my girlfriend. Are we going? Are we going tomorrow? Mucho novia, Mucho novia. Oy, tango.

[Shane]

Ah.

[Amanda]

Una manana otra.

[Shane]

Sounds way better than I.

[Amanda]

May. Say. Cheese. E que sorian. Vip Un vip A saludan Atiti bamo a terano Un selfe se cheese Que sorian las que? Or the orvidaran Orvidaran. Demi. I don't know if that's how you say nice.

[Shane]

That's. That was killer. Anyways, sounded good to me.

[Amanda]

Years of Spanish, you started to, like, be able to do that. But what's crazy is in Spanish class, they teach you, like, go to the museum and da, da. But when you're in a. When you're in a car, you're like, I need to get to this place. They don't teach you, like, the quick, right? Like, hey, I have. I have. I have $5. I have to get to this. Where can I get a coffee with milk? Ah. Con leche. One thing about this, too. Background bad bunnies. Puerto Rican.

[Shane]

So this is.

[Amanda]

It's like, there's Puerto Ricans. Yeah. Puerto Rican.

[Shane]

Puerto Ricans.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Because there's a. There's probably a million.

[Amanda]

Wait, should we tell. Should we tell our fans that I am not Puerto r. Yeah.

[Shane]

So I saw a comment recently. There was a smoshmouth clip, and someone was like, is Amanda White? And someone's like, I think she's Puerto Rican. And I was like, where'd you come up with that?

[Amanda]

I mean, east coast shirt? I am not Puerto Rican. I am Portuguese. My family's from the asos.

[Olivia]

Oh, okay. See, this is. I think they're like, Portuguese.

[Amanda]

Portuguese, Puerto Rican, east coast. It's okay.

[Olivia]

And I just want to know the audience. I am Chinese, not white.

[Shane]

I know everyone's always saying that.

[Olivia]

They're always saying that.

[Shane]

I'm like, stop it.

[Olivia]

And I'm not, you know, So I just want to make this very Chinese. I'm also not Puerto Rican.

[Amanda]

Yes, that is true.

[Shane]

And that's an important. Puerto Rican. People get confused.

[Olivia]

I'm in a very Chinese time in my life right now.

[Shane]

What does that mean it's just a funny.

[Amanda]

Tell me. Because I kind of get it sometimes. I'm like, I feel very Portuguese right now. I'm not even kidding.

[Olivia]

Oh, my God. I thought you were saying I feel really Chinese right now. I'm like, what do you mean?

[Amanda]

No, no, no. When I'm with my family and we're eating the food and it feels nostalgic.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

And I just feel very Portuguese at that. At that moment.

[Olivia]

I don't know if this is what that means.

[Amanda]

So. Yeah. I feel like I'm in my own boat over here. And that's fine.

[Olivia]

That's fine. Are you in a really Chinese time of your life?

[Amanda]

No, he's just.

[Shane]

I'm. I'm so white.

[Amanda]

He's Wonder Bread.

[Shane]

It's like, should we figure out one note?

[Olivia]

We're all Chinese. Okay. We're all Chinese today. And it's really great.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Amanda]

Let's figure out the definition of this.

[Shane]

Okay. Oh, so wait, Auntie asked me by. What. What was it? The. What was the word for auntie? Okay, good to know. Auntie asked me if I have a lot of girlfriends.

[Amanda]

A lot of girlfriends.

[Shane]

Oh, she's asking me if I have a lot of girlfriends. I thought, okay, I got confused by the.

[Amanda]

All right, so is on being like, do you have a lot of girlfriends?

[Shane]

A lot of girls.

[Amanda]

A lot of girlfriends.

[Shane]

Today I have one, tomorrow I'll have another. Hey, but there's no wedding.

[Amanda]

Oh, because he doesn't want to settle down bad.

[Shane]

But you're so bad.

[Amanda]

Bad boy.

[Shane]

And you ask me if I have a lot of girlfriends.

[Amanda]

A lot of girlfriends. Okay, that's him being like a lot of girlfriends.

[Olivia]

Haha.

[Shane]

Okay, today I have one, tomorrow I'll have another. I'm gonna take them all to the vip. The vip. Hey, say hello to auntie. Oh, take a selfie. Say cheese. Hey. Let the ones I already fucked smile. Damn.

[Amanda]

Okay. Auntie is watching from genius. Okay, Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

[Shane]

This is genius rap. Bad Bunny would never say that.

[Amanda]

Bad Bunny would never say that. Yeah, he probably would.

[Shane]

Yeah, he probably did. Wow. Okay, we.

[Amanda]

We say hello to. Let's take a selfie. Say cheese. Let those who have already forgotten about me smile. Ooh. Let those who have already moved on smile.

[Shane]

Wow. Okay, now we know.

[Olivia]

Now we know.

[Shane]

And when he. When he sings that at the Super Bowl, I'm gonna be.

[Amanda]

Do we think he's gonna sing this song at the Super Bowl?

[Shane]

Is this his number one?

[Amanda]

It's one of his. I don't think it's number one. More famous.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Olivia]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

His songs are massive.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Incredible.

[Shane]

He's like the number one artist in the world right now, right?

[Amanda]

Yeah. I feel like. Is it crazy? But I feel like Super Bowl. I don't know if it's like, the number one artist, but I feel like Super Bowl. That's what they do. They try to get. It's like SNL at the time, right? They try to get, like.

[Shane]

It's always tough, though, because they got to find an artist that excites, like, every generation. And Bad Bunny is very contemporary, so I, I feel like a lot of older generations are probably like, who's this guy?

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Shane]

But then he's gonna sing and they're like, this is amazing.

[Amanda]

Yeah, of course.

[Olivia]

It's also interesting that cheese and selfie are. Cheese and selfie.

[Amanda]

Yeah. And vip.

[Shane]

Interesting.

[Olivia]

Vip.

[Shane]

Interesting.

[Amanda]

Vip.

[Shane]

Yeah. Huh.

[Amanda]

Is that all the lyrics for that? No, that's. I mean, for that song that I put in. Yeah, there's more. Got it.

[Shane]

Great.

[Olivia]

Cheese in Spanish is queso, and it's not queso.

[Shane]

Yeah, but saying that in front of.

[Amanda]

I think he's code switching.

[Olivia]

Yes. Language code switching.

[Shane]

Well, because if you say queso in front of a photo case, the face you'll be making is.

[Amanda]

You know, what a Spanish teacher would probably say that. You know, when you, like, go to a Spanish speaking country and you've taken years of Spanish in America, you're like, hola, adios, amigo. Like, you say these things that they just. They don't say anymore.

[Shane]

Right?

[Olivia]

They don't say, adios, amigo.

[Amanda]

No. Okay, ciao.

[Shane]

Whenever I've traveled to other countries, I'm like, I feel like such an idiot. I feel like such an idiot. Just because trying to speak the language, it's also traveling. You realize that everyone, everywhere is bilingual. Except for us. Except for me.

[Amanda]

I mean, a lot of Americans.

[Shane]

Like, I, I, I was like, when I went to Japan last year, I tried so hard to learn as much as I could before I go. And I was like, trying to. I'd be like, dori wa. And they'd be like, yeah, the bathroom's over there, man. Like, and I'd be like, yeah, for sure.

[Amanda]

Yeah, of course. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Every other country but us is like multiple languages, because that's what you should be doing. But we are like English.

[Olivia]

But I think the effort to try is.

[Amanda]

Yeah, agreed.

[Olivia]

Of course, when you try, you're, like, trying to assimilate.

[Shane]

I'm really trying to commit to it now not get discouraged.

[Amanda]

Except in France. I don't think that you should just try. I think you should just.

[Shane]

I've heard in France, don't even give it a shot.

[Amanda]

I think it's like I speak. I'm so sorry. I think you should say, I'm sorry. You just walk up and go, I'm so sorry.

[Olivia]

When I was in France, everyone was so nice.

[Amanda]

No, it's not that they're not nice. It's just like.

[Shane]

They're just like. Don't try to.

[Amanda]

When I went to France and I tried, they were just like. They were just like, not. They were like.

[Shane]

No, don't try.

[Amanda]

Just stop.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Amanda]

But, like, if you're. If you live in Emily in Paris World, everyone speaks English.

[Shane]

I actually don't watch the Emily in Paris World. I've never watched the show, but that world sounds so funny to me. What a weird, wacky world.

[Amanda]

I mean, the outfits are incredible.

[Shane]

All right, we have another Bad Bunny song.

[Olivia]

My turn.

[Shane]

Do you want to take a shot at it?

[Olivia]

It is.

[Amanda]

It is your turn.

[Olivia]

Okay. DTMF day. Bad Bunny. I'm so sorry, guys. I didn't take Spanish in high school. I took Mandarin in high school.

[Amanda]

Yeah, that makes sense.

[Olivia]

So this is gonna be really bad, and I'm so sorry.

[Amanda]

If you only wanna do a couple lines, that's fine.

[Olivia]

Debbie terrar mas photos de cuando tev Debbie tuve Debbie darte mas beso y abrazo las. I don't know how to say that one. Vesse que pude pud pude e o holla que los mios nunca say muden e si hoy mi m Bracho pe me you go take it away.

[Shane]

Featuring Amanda.

[Amanda]

Featuring mas photo de cuando de tube debe darte mas beso y abrazo las ve pued puede. That's not puede. Pude, pude, pude. E c oi m. Is help me, isn't it?

[Sponsor Voice]

Help.

[Shane]

That would. I assume that's help.

[Amanda]

I'll say this part, though.

[Olivia]

I'll say the translation.

[Amanda]

Yeah, say the translation.

[Olivia]

I should have taken more pictures when I had you. I should have given you more kisses and hugs whenever I could.

[Shane]

It's a sad one.

[Olivia]

Yeah. A. I hope my people never move away. And if I get drunk today, I. I hope they help me out. I should have taken more pictures when I had you. I should have given you more kisses and hugs whenever I could. I hope my people never move away. And if I get drunk today, I hope they help me out.

[Shane]

Oh, Damn, this is sad as hell.

[Amanda]

Poetry.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Amanda]

Poetry.

[Shane]

I. I know I've joked a lot over the years of, like, oh, I want to be able to do the split or stuff, but truly that's been.

[Amanda]

That's.

[Shane]

And I've moved and I've moved on a little bit because.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

But truly a genuine, like, goal of mine that I've had for, like, a decade and I just need to work towards it is, you know, I know speaking Spanish and, like, hearing it will always be, like, really hard and I struggle to, like, hear English sometimes, but I really want to be able to read a book in Spanish because, like, I love reading and, like, visually, I think I pick up on things a lot quicker than, like, I think you could. So I'd love to get to that point because once I can start reading it, I'm like, I can read all the time and I could do that every day.

[Amanda]

You could get one of those books. They have this Russian book where one side is English, one side is. One page is Russian, so it's like you're reading it.

[Shane]

Russian's obviously totally different, but I want to. I'll definitely be. I want to get some classes and stuff in because I know the syntax and stuff is different, so if I did that, I might start misinterpreting certain words. But. But I want to get to a point where I'm like. Because I think I'm. I. I understand a lot with Spanish of, like, the structure of a sentence and everything, but.

[Olivia]

Yeah, you're such a student. I love that.

[Shane]

I love learning same. Really love it.

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[Shane]

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[Amanda]

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[Amanda]

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[Amanda]

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[Amanda]

Let's go.

[Shane]

Nice.

[Amanda]

Can't wait to see your thong.

[Shane]

Yeah, it's gonna be great. You're gonna. People are gonna know when I'm wearing it.

[Amanda]

Yeah, that butt's gonna be popping.

[Shane]

Yeah. I'll have the straps up to you.

[Amanda]

Yeah, bro, you're not wearing it right.

[Shane]

Hey, guys.

[Olivia]

You're not wearing it right.

[Shane]

Do we have another?

[Amanda]

I love this song.

[Olivia]

This is so good.

[Amanda]

You know this song? This is so good. Yeah.

[Olivia]

Oh, wow. You gotta do this song.

[Shane]

You know what's funny? On my way here to work I by Lamos B By.

[Amanda]

By Enrique. Oh, yeah, Enrique. Do you remember Hero with Enrique?

[Shane]

Oh, yeah.

[Amanda]

Do you remember the music video?

[Shane]

Insane.

[Amanda]

Jennifer Love Hewitt? Oh, she's like, on a mattress in the desert. I don't know how that.

[Olivia]

You kind of look like. You kind of look like Jennifer Love Hewitt. Really?

[Shane]

Oh, that's high praise. Whoa.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

In I know you did last summer. Or Can't Hardly Wait.

[Olivia]

That one slow motion music video.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And Can't Hardly Wait. She's always.

[Amanda]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Shane]

They made fun of that.

[Amanda]

And her name's Amanda. Yeah.

[Olivia]

Okay. I'm gonna call you Jennifer.

[Amanda]

Big compliment, you guys.

[Olivia]

Jennifer, love you. It from Puerto Rico.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. Wow.

[Shane]

So this next one is Bailey in Olvidable.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Shane]

So I know Bailey is dance, right?

[Olivia]

Oh, wow. Like ballet.

[Amanda]

But I don't know what the second part means.

[Shane]

I don't know.

[Amanda]

I guess we'll figure it out.

[Shane]

I don't know either.

[Amanda]

Go ahead, Shane.

[Olivia]

Soccer announcer.

[Shane]

En ultra mundo podra ser en esta solo quieda irme undia I ver, pal. Cielo, aversite veo. Seriously. Sime ven solo y triste. No mi hablen sime ven solo y triste. Soy culpable. La vida es una fiesta que un dia termina Y fiste tu mi baile. In olvidable.

[Amanda]

Nice. That was nice. Unforgettable.

[Olivia]

Unforgettable.

[Amanda]

Damn.

[Olivia]

Unforgettable.

[Amanda]

That's what it means.

[Shane]

Damn.

[Amanda]

In olvidable.

[Shane]

In olvidable. Unforgettable.

[Amanda]

Unforgettable I thought I'd grow old with you in another life in another world it could be in this one all that's left is for me to leave one day and look up at the sky to see if I see you fall okay. If you see me alone and sad don't talk to me if you see me alone and sad it's not my.

[Olivia]

Fault it's my fault if you see.

[Amanda]

Me alone and sad it's my fault Life is a party that one day ends and you were my unforgettable dance oh, okay.

[Shane]

Life is a party. You're a boy.

[Olivia]

Yeah, that's exactly what I thought.

[Amanda]

Bad Bunny has a lot of regrets.

[Shane]

Damn. These songs are. I. These songs are like when you break it down.

[Amanda]

Bad Bunny, he. He's got feels. Do you think. Do you think when artists write songs, you know, people like, oh, my God, that song's about. Blah, blah, blah. Do you think that they're just. Do you think they're talking about someone specific? They're talking about many people. They're talking about.

[Shane]

I know that I need to, like, listen to more Bad Bunny interviews. I need to get to know this guy.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Shane]

To know. Because maybe it's like, oh, he's just kind of writing about whatever. Or.

[Amanda]

Because maybe he's right. About what?

[Shane]

I think these sound personal.

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Really?

[Olivia]

I was wondering, maybe the. The. The. The music, the. The beat is more maybe, like, more important to him than interesting.

[Amanda]

The beat on this is so good.

[Shane]

Full disclosure, I. I've not listened to a lot of Bad Bunny songs.

[Amanda]

Oh, he's so good.

[Olivia]

Really?

[Shane]

I've listened to a couple in there, but, like, I haven't listened to these, so I don't know what these sound like. If they come across really sad or they're.

[Amanda]

No, no.

[Shane]

So. So listening. If I don't speak, if I don't understand Spanish, think, oh, this is a really jovial song.

[Amanda]

They're sexy. And they're also just like. They kind of remind me of, like, sometimes Romeo Santos. I don't know if you know this.

[Shane]

What's that?

[Amanda]

He a bachata singer. But, like, they kind of have this, like, really pretty guitar. And then Bad Bunny, like, he goes kind of hard with it. Like he's got. Like, really. He just. I love his music.

[Shane]

It's gonna be nice knowing the context now. So when I see him singing these songs, I'm gonna be like, I know, I know.

[Amanda]

You walk up to him. Bad Bunny Shane Top from sponsor.

[Shane]

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[Amanda]

I'm Annalee Hancanto from tntl. That's. Try not to loud. When you're in the stool, you hold water in your mouth for 30 seconds. And if you get bounced out, you gotta go. And sometimes we do the thing called blind pairs.

[Shane]

You get it? All right. Hey, Shane Topp. Eat it or eat it. What's up?

[Amanda]

Adios, amigo. Oh, God.

[Shane]

Jesus Christ. Do you think I'm curious and leave a comment? If this is true, it's gotta be that even though they're reading the translation, we're like, oh, wow, this is what this means. And it's got to hit so much harder in Spanish, right? Because there's certain words that like the translation after this. I can't wait to like the words themselves. Like the. In translation. Do you lose some of the impact, definitely. Yeah. And. Yeah, see, that's why I want to learn another language, because I'm so sad.

[Amanda]

Yes.

[Olivia]

I'm like, what is that word called when you can't translate it in a different language? That's specific to.

[Shane]

Because I think you've talked about this. I've heard other people talk about this. With languages of. There's certain words that. It's just like, there's not a real translation.

[Amanda]

You guys comment below. What is that word called when you cannot translate it into another language? Because I know in Russian, because my husband was translating what we're going to read later. He was just like, there's no. And then he'd find the word, and he was like, no, it's not. No, that's not it.

[Olivia]

I think I remember.

[Shane]

I remember talking to a friend. This was a long time ago. I was talking to someone who is a fluent Spanish speaker, and they were talking about, like, they're like, oh, there's this word that describes, like, a feeling. And it's like, it's not. Like, it's not love, but it's somewhere. And it's like, there's not really a word you'd have to use. Like a whole sentence.

[Olivia]

Yes, yes.

[Shane]

And I was like, kind of sad. I remember being like, damn. Like, it's crazy to not know. And it's interesting. Like, language, they've. I remember taking a class, a communications class in school that's about how, like, language really forms our reality.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And, like, language is the basis of all culture and everything because it's our understanding and of. Of so much so. It's like, you look at, like, everything about a culture, and a lot of it comes from how the words they use for things and how they go about describing things and which is like.

[Amanda]

It'S also very translated in cinema. Like, when I watch a lot of Russian movies with ages, like, it's a completely different vibe, obviously, because they had a different life growing up. But like, like, for example, he was going over the word gentle. So, like, gentle to us means, like, soft or whatever. But he's like, you can describe a person as gentle, but like, like, like there's a person who's gentle but not gentle in our minds. And he was, like, frustrated and going through these things. And I was like, I think I understand. So it's. I think that's what's magic about other languages, which is why, like, it's so important to learn other languages speaking to me who speak English. But, like, there. There's just like, this other Tapped in magic that these other countries are speaking. And it's so fascinating.

[Olivia]

I know there's a word in Mandarin called xiao shun, and it's so cultural. It's like how. Because in Chinese Asian culture, you really want to treat your elders and your family like you put them first. And shao shun is a word where you. You can describe someone like, oh, that person is very. Shao xun means like they put their parents first. They prioritize their parents respect their elders. It's not even respect. It's like shaohsun is like you do everything you can to make your parents lives easier. It's so interesting because I don't think there's that word.

[Shane]

There's not a word. Like, you'd have to describe it in a whole paragraph. They're very responsible for their parents and.

[Olivia]

Yeah, very responsible for their parents. They help pay for certain things. They give gifts to the parents. Like, and that's the word.

[Shane]

But of course, we don't have a word for that because we don't give a.

[Olivia]

About.

[Amanda]

We're really not that good to our. Not parents, but like, to our elders. I think that much in this country.

[Shane]

Sometimes, to be fair, a lot of our elders suck.

[Amanda]

Okay, there you go.

[Shane]

Amen.

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[Shane]

I know it's very interesting that, like.

[Amanda]

But there is cultures, There's. There's so many. There's so many cultures who do totally different things, and especially the parents aspect. But when I was looking up different cultures about women who give birth, so many different cultures handle it completely different. There's like a culture in India where a tribe of women come in, a community of women come in, and they do all the self care on the mom. They do all the self care. And then also in Asian cultures, it's.

[Olivia]

Called like, zhuo yue. So it's like after you give birth, you have this, like, your mom comes and you do all of these, like, ritual or like, just things that benefit the person who just gave birth.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

And I don't think there is that in.

[Amanda]

No, it's.

[Olivia]

I think that like. I think it really translates to like means sitting. Zuo.

[Amanda]

You're like, you're sitting, sitting also.

[Olivia]

They're four months.

[Amanda]

Am I wrong? But they're not really, like, they're not focused so hard on the baby as much like the partner is and the other family is.

[Olivia]

And the mother is literally refueling herself.

[Amanda]

Yes. She's taking care of being taken care of.

[Olivia]

Yes. People are taking care of her. I think there's also, like, you don't wash your hair for a month.

[Shane]

Oh, wow.

[Olivia]

Like, you literally can't do anything physical and you're sitting and you have to eat certain meals and you're being taken care of.

[Amanda]

I was, I was looking. I was looking into that because I was like, that sounds awesome.

[Olivia]

There are, I think there are, like, facilities now.

[Amanda]

There are facilities. I honestly think, yes, it's culture, but also it's like, it's your decision how you want to do things. But it's wild.

[Shane]

But there is, like, very different views and, like, normal practices across. It's interesting when you learn about other stuff of just like, it makes you question everything that we do and be like, oh, this is not. This. This is what our small little pocket of the world decided is normal.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And so it's kind of important to realize, like, how different it is.

[Amanda]

I just think it's so important to be curious. Like, you say you go to another country and you're like, I feel so dumb. But it's like, like, great. Go there and be curious. Like, oh, for sure.

[Olivia]

I don't have to go to another country to know that I'm done.

[Shane]

But yeah, I wake up.

[Amanda]

I wake up dumb.

[Shane]

But it is absolutely fascinating wherever I've traveled and just being like, how different every small little thing can be.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Like, especially like dining anywhere.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Going and getting food anywhere in the world. You're just like, wow. All the practices are so different. Even the small, subtle.

[Olivia]

Like going to a Chinese restaurant, we have a lazy Susan, and everyone shares, like, family style. And then I think sometimes people are like, oh, you don't order your own entree. Everything is family style.

[Amanda]

I love family style.

[Olivia]

Me too.

[Amanda]

Me too.

[Olivia]

And then I've gone to dinners with other people who they are like, I will never share.

[Amanda]

Right.

[Olivia]

My entree. Yeah.

[Amanda]

Like, okay, those people are not my friends.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Okay, let's.

[Shane]

We're going to move on to a different language here.

[Amanda]

Tagalog.

[Olivia]

Tagalog.

[Amanda]

Spelled T, A, G, A L, O, G. Yes.

[Shane]

I was saying my. My dumb ass was saying Tagalog for.

[Olivia]

It's not a Girl Scout cookie. It's not a Girl Scout cookie.

[Amanda]

None of us have. Actually.

[Shane]

I don't think I could. I don't know if I. I've probably heard people speak it, but I wouldn't be able to.

[Amanda]

Well, Selena's here. She's fluent and she's going to tell us.

[Olivia]

Okay.

[Amanda]

So it's a lot like Spanish in that each syllable.

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[Shane]

It's got its.

[Amanda]

And it's like the consistency of the vowels is like E is a, A is ah.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

It's like A, E. Ooh. I also spelled or I wrote it phonetically in case it was hard. But I'll let you guys try this first. This is from a famous movie scene. So this is very dramatic.

[Shane]

Okay. This is super dramatic.

[Amanda]

Short, but it's dramatic.

[Shane]

Who should take person one and who should take person two? You cast it.

[Amanda]

Olivia, you take person one. Okay.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Shane, you take person two and then we'll. Okay, great.

[Olivia]

Nagui. Oh, let me start over. Sorry. Take two.

[Shane]

Yeah. And remember, super dramatic.

[Olivia]

Oh, okay.

[Shane]

It's very dramatic. Scene. Nagustuhan neo ba sira mong kanta binaboy mo bilu ang nag sag sambing isin lang na ang a king caribal. And so what I'm saying there is. You'll never make it you're nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat. Whoa, whoa.

[Olivia]

What did I say? Did you like it?

[Shane]

I said you ruined the song. You desecrated it. Crazy is the person who said that my rival's been born. You'll never make it you're nothing but a second rate trying hard copycat.

[Amanda]

Whoa.

[Shane]

What? So this song, this. This movie is about, like a music situation?

[Amanda]

Yeah. What's the movie called? I actually don't know. I just know it.

[Shane]

You just know.

[Amanda]

That is like People.

[Shane]

So. Plenty of people. Because I know we have a lot of listeners.

[Amanda]

And didn't we have a watch party in the Philippines?

[Shane]

Yes. For Smosh Hospital. There was a. A watch party in the Philippines. I think we have a lot of Filipino fans.

[Amanda]

I love it.

[Shane]

So now we. We pissed them all off with our horrible pronunciation of everything, I bet.

[Olivia]

I want to send you something right now.

[Amanda]

Okay, maybe we're wrong, but I bet they appreciate us trying.

[Shane]

So, Selena, you wrote it out with a better pronunciation here.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

To han nyoba.

[Amanda]

Yep.

[Shane]

Sinira mongk. Nagsa sa bing isini lang na ang a king caribal. You'll never make it. You're nothing but a second rate. Try hard, copycat.

[Amanda]

I love it. I love it.

[Shane]

I wonder. All right, judge me in the comments.

[Amanda]

It's really pretty.

[Shane]

How bad was that?

[Amanda]

It's really, really pretty. I'm into it.

[Shane]

It's so interesting when I don't. When you don't know a language at all. It's so interesting how it sounds like people are saying the same word over and over and over again. Because there's a lot of similar sounds.

[Amanda]

Well, especially with music, they're just. They are repeating.

[Shane]

They are actually repeating, but with that, they.

[Amanda]

Okay, in. In Tagalog is nyo. Is what's nyo?

[Shane]

N, Y, O. Yours plural.

[Amanda]

Yours plural. Okay.

[Shane]

Yeah, got it. And is it. Is it. Is nyo the right pronunciation of that?

[Olivia]

Okay.

[Shane]

By the Black Eyed Peas.

[Amanda]

Okay, perfect.

[Shane]

All right. You got this one?

[Amanda]

Sure.

[Shane]

How's Olivia? How's it going?

[Olivia]

I'm trying to do something, and I think this is going to be really good.

[Shane]

Oh, okay. You're writing something out.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Okay, Here we go.

[Shane]

By Black Eyed Peas.

[Amanda]

Filipino.

[Shane]

I know that one.

[Amanda]

Galing, galing said baro barrio, barrio. Sabang bato pomunta. Nyang la la. Okay, this is where the Spanish. Okay, so it's normally spelled with a J. Nag trabajo para makatulong. Makatulong sa nanye nanai nanai nanai. Dial dang nyang dial sa harap nyang bue Pero masaya paran ang kule pag kumein nagaka ame.

[Olivia]

Sorry, guys. I wrote something, but then I wanted to write something else because this song has been stuck in my head.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Olivia]

And it's been a childhood song that I love.

[Shane]

Okay, great.

[Olivia]

That I love.

[Amanda]

I love it. Okay. Young kanan. Chicken adobo.

[Shane]

Chicken adobo.

[Amanda]

Chicken adobo. Yeah.

[Shane]

My favorite.

[Amanda]

Not balut, balut, balut, balut here you keep going.

[Olivia]

Bene benta sa canto tage mo na na ang basso pare ko inumana tayo.

[Amanda]

That was great, Olivia.

[Shane]

Yay.

[Olivia]

I think it's because I also grew up with a lot of Filipinos, and I'm not gonna do the Cameron Diaz thing, but I did grow up with a lot of Filipinos. I haven't been to the Philippines, but I grew up with a lot of Filipinos.

[Amanda]

Really? Yes.

[Olivia]

My best friend that I grew up next door to was. Her mother was from the Philippines.

[Amanda]

The Philippines.

[Olivia]

Lumpia adobo. I ate it every single day.

[Shane]

Love it. Nice.

[Amanda]

Okay, translation. Go ahead, Shane.

[Shane]

Hey, friend, listen to me. This is a true Filipino from the town called Sapang Bato, Stoney Creek, went to la, worked to help his mom. Life was hard, but still fun and full of color. Eating with my hands. The rice, chicken adobo, the balut sold at the corner. Raise your hand. Raise your glass, my friend. Let's drink. I wonder, is ballute. What is balut again? It's duck egg. Okay.

[Olivia]

Like an egg. And there's like. There's like a half. It's like a fetus. An egg.

[Shane]

I had. I got to go over to Mythical Kitchen a few months ago, and I had jollibee with Josh, and that was awesome.

[Amanda]

What is Jollibee?

[Shane]

Jollibee is a Filipino fast food chain, and it was so fucking good.

[Olivia]

Every time you say Filipino, I want to say Filipino. And I'm sorry. Just. Just because I, like, I just grew up with a lot of Filipinos, and that's just like, how Filipino.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

Filipino.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I'll say it with P's. Yeah. So in. Yeah, in Tagalog, there are like, we only have 20 letters. Oh, we don't use Cs, Fs, Js, Xs.

[Shane]

And I've been saying we should get rid of F. I've been saying that.

[Amanda]

No, I love it. To say these words you use. If you want the sound, it's ph. Yeah. And if you want the J sound.

[Shane]

It'S H. Let's get rid of Q. We don't need it.

[Amanda]

And X's. I'm fine with that.

[Shane]

Ask you a question.

[Amanda]

Like.

[Olivia]

Like a V. It's like a B. Yep. Like, instead of like Victor, it's like Victor. Or like Velcro. It's like Velcro.

[Amanda]

Oh, love that.

[Shane]

That's so interesting. Random Tagalog phrases.

[Olivia]

Sus Mariosep. Good job.

[Amanda]

Jesus, Mary, Joseph. It's like an exclamation.

[Shane]

The p Mary is us.

[Amanda]

Ba ba ba ka Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba.

[Shane]

I'm going down I'm going down yeah.

[Amanda]

I'm going and ba ba ba kaba Are you going down?

[Shane]

And sugar ba ba ba swinging.

[Amanda]

Great song. What's that band again?

[Olivia]

Fallout Boy.

[Amanda]

It's fine. My brain needed for me to connect those dots.

[Shane]

You know, it's funny, until. Until we were talking about this, Selena. I don't think I've ever heard so many people speak other languages, and I never hear them speak.

[Olivia]

Wait. I'm so excited.

[Shane]

I guess when would they have a dance, too? What is this? Oh, this is Russian. Oh, hold on.

[Olivia]

Oh, my God. This is like.

[Amanda]

Oh, I am.

[Shane]

Okay, so you wrote something in Mandarin.

[Olivia]

No. Yes. I also want you guys to say the phrase that one up there is important that you say this.

[Shane]

Okay?

[Amanda]

Yeah, let's. We can.

[Olivia]

Are we doing Mandarin? We're not doing Russian.

[Shane]

We'll do Russian, but we'll do Mandarin first. My pronunciation of. This is going to be awful.

[Olivia]

Okay.

[Shane]

Because Mandarin's a lot of, like. It's not just. There's a lot of, like.

[Olivia]

Yeah, yeah. Inflections.

[Amanda]

Yeah.

[Shane]

And I. Okay. All right. I'm going to butcher this. So, you know. Da xiao hao wo hinge yigay xiao mei mei. Shane shi gay. Now, how horrible was that?

[Olivia]

It was good. The first three words were good.

[Shane]

Did I say completely different words?

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Shane]

God damn.

[Olivia]

This is how I would say it.

[Amanda]

I want to hear it.

[Shane]

Okay. Okay.

[Olivia]

Shane shi geo nao.

[Amanda]

Yeah, baby.

[Olivia]

So it means, hello, everyone. I am very cute. I'm a strawberry and I'm a little sister. Shane is a pp.

[Shane]

What? Did I end up saying something different?

[Olivia]

No, no.

[Amanda]

You said Shane is a pee pee.

[Shane]

I said Shane.

[Olivia]

It just sound all, like, bad.

[Shane]

It just sounded horrible.

[Olivia]

Horrible.

[Shane]

If I was anywhere around people who spoke Mandarin, they'd be like, stop talking to me, dude.

[Amanda]

Would they?

[Olivia]

They would just be like, what are you saying? For example, like, my name is actually. Okay. Like, Straight Joe means sleep. Say straight Joe.

[Amanda]

Straight Joe.

[Shane]

Straight gel, sway, chow.

[Olivia]

Straight Joe. Okay. And then say. Means dumpling. Shui jiao means sleep.

[Amanda]

Are they written the same?

[Olivia]

No.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Shane]

But they. They sound like it's.

[Amanda]

The way you're saying it is. Is different, but they're not written the same. But the way you're saying it sounds the same, but it's different.

[Olivia]

Like, my name is Suemu. That's my name. Suemu. Yeah. And then Suemu means water buffalo.

[Amanda]

Does your name have.

[Shane]

Okay, it's Just literally, the.

[Amanda]

Sue Mu is Olivia Sui, or just Olivia Sui, or just Olivia. Okay. And then Sui Mu. Sue Mu is water buffalo. Sui Mu is.

[Olivia]

Yeah. Like, shui jiao is sleep. Shui jiao.

[Amanda]

Sui Jiao is dumpling.

[Shane]

That's.

[Amanda]

That's, like.

[Olivia]

Means, I want to go to sleep. I want a dumpling.

[Amanda]

Sleep and dumpling.

[Shane]

Oh, my God.

[Amanda]

Sleep and dumpling.

[Shane]

If I'm ever in China and I'm so tired, people just keep giving me dumplings.

[Olivia]

I know.

[Shane]

Well, I actually don't want a dumpling.

[Amanda]

I got gifted this amazing baby book that I read to Cole at night. I think it's called My Little Dumpling or something. And it's. Her parents are promising her dumplings in the morning, and she's like, I want a dumpling now. And they're like, go to sleep. So she goes to sleep, and she has this dream that she opens up this door, and there's this woman cooking dumplings, and she's like. And she puts her in the dumpling and wraps her up, and she's like, no, don't eat me. And the woman's like, ah.

[Olivia]

Oh, my God. Scary.

[Shane]

This is a children's book.

[Amanda]

Yeah. And then she doesn't eat her. She doesn't eat her. And then she goes, okay, I'll put you back. And she puts her back to bed, and then she wakes up, and she goes, I want dumplings. And the whole dream is like her being eaten as a dumpling.

[Olivia]

Whoa.

[Amanda]

It's kind of, like.

[Olivia]

Kind of scary.

[Amanda]

It's great, though. I kind of love it. I love a little scary books.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Olivia]

Frightened.

[Amanda]

Anyways, my son's having a great time.

[Shane]

Your son's, like, freaking the fuck out.

[Olivia]

Yeah. Yeah. I don't want to be eaten, Mom.

[Amanda]

No, he's just trying to eat a book. He's not. Yeah. Listening to it yet.

[Shane]

That amazes me about the inflection.

[Olivia]

Yeah. Do this one.

[Shane]

Oh, let me try this.

[Olivia]

This is a.

[Amanda]

First two sentences.

[Shane]

Amanda can try it.

[Amanda]

The Zing. You. Nope.

[Shane]

X. Is she right?

[Amanda]

Yeah, she. You. I'm not doing well. Dual Q is. I have no idea. Z D. No. No.

[Shane]

Is the Z a Z or is it Z?

[Amanda]

Oh, ZH is ch. D. Huh. And what's Q?

[Olivia]

Okay, so that Yu is like. It's like. It's like your mouth. It's like. It's so. It's. It's so. It's so much of it is, like, how you position your mouth. It's like Q is. It's not like Q. It's Like. I cannot describe it.

[Amanda]

It's okay.

[Olivia]

You have to learn the language. It's like. So it's you.

[Amanda]

I. Basically what we're saying is you cannot tell it promptly. Blind read languages. You have to learn them.

[Olivia]

Q is like. Just try reading it.

[Amanda]

T? D Chu.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Shang. Yeah. Rang me keep you go.

[Shane]

Shane Lozai.

[Olivia]

Yes.

[Amanda]

Nice chicken.

[Shane]

Wei ni yonggan ni hui kan jian jin jin. Okay.

[Amanda]

You did way better. Hell, yeah.

[Shane]

So this is a. This is what you just wrote. So Zai.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

Wait. X is she?

[Shane]

She.

[Amanda]

It's like a Shing fu de. Something.

[Shane]

Okay, so this is what you just wrote down.

[Olivia]

Yes. This is a song that if you grew up in, you know, the 2000s and watched this TV show. Yes. How do you know?

[Amanda]

You watched meteor showers.

[Olivia]

This is Meteor garden. Yeah. What is it? So it means accompany you to watch the meteor shower falling on this earth. Let your tears fall on my shoulder need you to believe in my love Only willing to be brave for you you will see where happiness lies.

[Amanda]

Wow. So this is a song that was part of a show or just a.

[Olivia]

Yeah, it's a part of this, like, boy group called F4. It's like Meteor Garden that was huge.

[Amanda]

In the Philippines, really, when I was growing up.

[Olivia]

Cause my TikTok algorithm is showing me a lot of F4.

[Amanda]

Are they still a band?

[Olivia]

They've recently performed together.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Amanda]

Wow.

[Olivia]

Yeah. And, like, I loved them. Like, there was even a Korean drama that was like, a remake of this called Boys Over Flowers. Lee Min Ho. Do y' all know Lee Min Ho? Oh, my God. Jerryann. Lee Min Ho. They were, like, the. The heartthrobs of this show. And there were, like, different versions of the show, and they also did a remake because it's just so popular.

[Shane]

Wow.

[Olivia]

And this song is just, like, reappearing on TikTok again.

[Amanda]

And that's weird.

[Olivia]

These guys have not, like, aged, and they just still. And it's crazy. It's so good how they have so many hits like this song. Damn. I have to play it for you guys.

[Shane]

I really want to hear it.

[Olivia]

I woke up, like, singing the song in my head. I love this song.

[Amanda]

And they're called F4.

[Olivia]

Meteor Garden. Meteor Shower Garden. Meteor Garden. And I love that Selena knows about this.

[Amanda]

It was huge in the Philippines when.

[Olivia]

I was growing up. The Taiwanese version. Yeah. Like, oh, my God, it's so good.

[Shane]

Damn.

[Amanda]

I know.

[Olivia]

It's, like, international show.

[Amanda]

That's why I love this episode right now because I'm learning so much.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Shane]

This is incredible. Well, that. That's really hard.

[Olivia]

That was hard.

[Amanda]

Oh, God.

[Shane]

Okay, so now we have Russia.

[Amanda]

Do we want to do the. Just the middle paragraph.

[Olivia]

So I want to read this.

[Amanda]

This is a song. Okay. So this is a poem.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

This is a Russian poem that was put into a movie, like a three hour movie. And this woman is singing it.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

And I learned a lot about it. I am really. I really struggle with the pronunciation of things because I'm not kidding. Like, my mouth doesn't do that because I haven't practiced like that.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

So I'm not really going to sing the song, but it's. Probably. Probably just rolling around. What the hell? Do you guys want to try?

[Shane]

The stakes are so much higher for you, of course.

[Amanda]

And you know what? I am happy to be the fool right now. So when they're dashes, it's one word. So prayut is one word.

[Olivia]

Oh, okay. Yeah. Pray. Oh. Nad nami alut. Yeah, yeah.

[Amanda]

And that's Hallelujah.

[Shane]

I was assuming. Is that Hallelujah?

[Amanda]

Yep.

[Shane]

Okay, so that's.

[Amanda]

He sent us, obviously. The whole.

[Olivia]

What?

[Amanda]

I gotta hear the whole poem.

[Olivia]

Oh, it's a poem, not a song.

[Amanda]

It's a poem. But in the movie they like sing it. This woman. This woman sings it. I can play it for you guys after if you guys want. So what we just sang. And I got kind of the. So there's like a literal translation and then there's the poetic translation. This is the poetic translation. I like the fact that you don't feel ashamed as you before my eyes embrace another. I like the fact that I will not be damned to hell for kissing someone else with ardor. That you would never use my tender name in vain. That in silence of the church's towers will never get to hear the sweet refrain of Hallelujah sung somewhere above us. I'm not sure. Is that the translation for the second paragraph? Maybe it is, because this is the first one. Oh, the first one. The first one is so good. I like the fact that you're not mad about me. I like the fact that I'm not mad for you. And that the globe of planet Earth is grounded and will not drift away beneath our shoes. I like the fact that I can laugh here loudly, not play with words, Feel unashamed and loose and never flush with stifling waves above me when we brush sleeves and not need an excuse. So I asked him, I was like, what is this about? So the main poem is that this was like a long lost love that is broken up. And this is my husband's translation of the poem Long Lost love that was broken up. You've lived other lives. You see them in public and you're reminded what you loved about them. And her thing is, she loves that this person isn't like, I have to be with you or I'm gonna die. She likes that this person's like, I like that you're not speaking my name in life or death.

[Shane]

We're just kind of.

[Amanda]

I like that you can touch my sleeve and we can move past each other. And you're not like, holding on to me. I like that you. And this is where the gentle comes in. But, like, it's not that the person's gentle, but I like that there's like a softness. It's not even. I tried. It's soft. There's not like a right word for it, but it is. It is.

[Olivia]

I feel like I can understand. It's like an oak.

[Sponsor Voice]

Tenderness.

[Amanda]

A tenderness.

[Olivia]

Gentleness.

[Amanda]

Yes. It's basically like. And I broke it down. I was like, so it's a long lost love that she just saw, and she's reminded that she loves how independent that person was of her. That they just.

[Shane]

It reminds me. It reminds me of that movie, Past Lives.

[Amanda]

Past Lives. Oh, my God, that is so incredible. So, yeah, this is interesting. This is a. This is a poem that an actor sang in a movie.

[Olivia]

What movie is this?

[Amanda]

What movie is it? He messed.

[Shane]

It has me wondering.

[Amanda]

It's in the email.

[Shane]

When they have words like ardor and stuff. I'm like, what was the. Like, what. What. What does so much of this mean in Russian? You know, that's where, like, I really want to learn other languages because I'm like, sad that I'm like, I don't know. Yeah, I don't get to know.

[Amanda]

Yeah. Well, guys, maybe my goal is by the end of this year, I'll be able to, like, carry on some sentences and maybe be able to speak.

[Shane]

Well, if we ever have a guest who speaks Russian, we gotta have you.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God.

[Olivia]

I also thought about a word in English that other people might understand.

[Shane]

What's. What's up?

[Olivia]

Like, Riz.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Olivia]

Okay. That's all.

[Shane]

Riz is probably hard to. Well, that's charisma.

[Olivia]

I know, but then how do you explain that? That to someone who doesn't know slang.

[Shane]

Probably is so hard to.

[Olivia]

Slaying is hard.

[Shane]

Yeah. Like, Riz. It does remind me of when we were in Japan. I think I told this story already when we were in Japan and then we saw a bunch of, like, school children rocking past. They're probably all, like, 12, 13. And Courtney did the, like, 6, 7 thing, and Japanese kids were, like, 6, 7. It was so fun. We were like, oh, my God, it's everywhere.

[Olivia]

It's everywhere.

[Amanda]

I don't get maso menos masomanos. That's, like, so. So in Spanish. Like, muy bien. It's like masomenos. That's like, a thing you were doing when you were younger. Masomelos. Muy bien.

[Shane]

Anyways. Anyways, well, put in the comments.

[Amanda]

Listen, guys, we're not perfect, but we're curious. We want to learn. And my Russian. My God.

[Shane]

Is going to get.

[Amanda]

This is good for me to watch. Back to. And go, wow.

[Shane]

It's going to be crazy when we do an episode entirely in Mandarin.

[Olivia]

I know. Because we're very Chinese now.

[Shane]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

I am not.

[Shane]

Also, I'm not good at that. I. I know that by now of this airing, the Broncos most likely have lost.

[Amanda]

Oh, my God. You're predicting that you're going to Colorado with that vibe.

[Shane]

It's gonna be awesome. It's gonna be fun to be there. I don't care if they lose or not. They probably lost. Look, here's the thing. If by some miracle, the Broncos do win the Super Bowl, I will get a perm.

[Olivia]

Yeah.

[Amanda]

This is the thing.

[Olivia]

I can't wait.

[Shane]

That's the thing that I said. It's a promise I've made. I've never.

[Amanda]

You have to grow out your hair, though.

[Shane]

I will grow out my hair, and I'll get a permit.

[Olivia]

I think you would look great with a purse.

[Shane]

Thank you.

[Amanda]

I don't know what it will look like.

[Shane]

And if the Patriots win the super bowl, you'll go platinum.

[Amanda]

Yeah. So if the Patriots win the Super Bowl, I might go platinum.

[Shane]

Really intense spray tan. Go platinum.

[Olivia]

Really?

[Amanda]

I don't know. Oh, my God. Talk about like, the 2000s in Massachusetts. And my eyebrows are going to be real thin. Really?

[Olivia]

And that's gonna come back if you. If both of those teams win, I will get a bbl.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Amanda]

Okay. So Olivia's never gonna be the first.

[Shane]

Time in history two teams win the super bowl and they're both from the.

[Olivia]

Afc, and I get a bbl.

[Shane]

Okay. Okay. So those promises have been made. We'll see what happens as of right now. But one of our. One of our teams will go to the Super Bowl. How cool is that?

[Amanda]

I'm gonna have to drop so much money to platinum my hair.

[Olivia]

No, just do it a box dye.

[Amanda]

No, I've been told. Don't.

[Shane]

No, no.

[Amanda]

I've been told.

[Shane]

Don't. You have so much hair and just.

[Olivia]

Let me perm your hair.

[Amanda]

No.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Sponsor Voice]

What?

[Amanda]

You're just a green.

[Shane]

I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go to a place.

[Olivia]

No, I can go to my place. I'll permit.

[Shane]

You have a studio.

[Amanda]

She has a permit for perms.

[Shane]

You have a perm. A permit.

[Olivia]

Just put your hair, like. Roll it in like little. Like little carrot.

[Amanda]

Little baby carrots.

[Olivia]

Carrots. Roll it and then put some steam on it.

[Shane]

Okay.

[Olivia]

You know, Great.

[Amanda]

Okay.

[Olivia]

And then eat you like a little dumpling.

[Shane]

Okay. Well, this has been lovely. Thank you for watching. To all of our bilingual fans out there, we love you. We love you.

[Olivia]

Love you.

[Amanda]

Olivia, thank you for bringing Mandarin and teaching us.

[Shane]

Thank you so much.

[Olivia]

Thank you, guys, for bringing Russian bad bunny.

[Shane]

Thank you. That's. I think I bring a little bad bunny to everybody.

[Amanda]

We're gonna shut this off and play some bad buddy.

[Olivia]

Bye, guys.

[Shane]

Bye.