# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 20 (April 6, 2017) -- "The Recollection Dissipation"

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**Created:** [April 6, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879 "2017-04-06T13:46:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![alfonzos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/41 "2017-04-10T00:24:56Z")

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> [@Fenris](#):
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> Brilliant. And Klingon, of course. 🙂

Sheldon would not be familiar with Ubbi Dubbi. Amy would not be familiar with Klingon.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/42 "2017-04-10T00:34:41Z")

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> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#):
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> It’s pretty common to require a reading knowledge of a foreign language (usually French or German) to get a Ph.D.

Back in the 1990s a co-worker of mine mentioned that he needed German for his chemistry Phd program.

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**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/43 "2017-04-10T01:37:46Z")

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> [@alfonzos](#):
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> Sheldon would not be familiar with Ubbi Dubbi. Amy would not be familiar with Klingon.

Sheldon (at this point) absolutely knows Ubbi Dubbi. It would drive Sheldon crazy to not know after the Klingon/Ubbi Dubbi exchange, and as many online sites as there are explaining Ubbi Dubbi, he’d have learned it that evening. Amy probably learned Klingon to be closer to Sheldon. I’m not as confident as Amy/Klingon as I am Sheldon/Ubbi Dubbi, though.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/44 "2017-05-03T04:04:11Z")

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It sounded like “schnert” was German for “purr,” and “kulu” was Chinese. Google has failed me. Are those right?

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