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  • Ladies and gentlemen, reporting live from a secret location.

  • It's Ronnie. And I'm here today to report on some men's names.

  • Did you know that common men's names are actually nouns? Or

  • verbs; sometimes an adjective. So, maybe you want to choose an

  • English name, or you want to choose a name that's not an

  • English name, but you want to rename yourself. Be careful.

  • There are some doozies. Which means there are some dangerous

  • names you have to be careful about. So, this thing that I'm

  • holding, it is a microphone. Yes, it is. It is a microphone.

  • Yeah, it is. Believe me. And in the short-form, we call it a

  • "mike". Oh, hold on. Hold on. That is also the short-form of a

  • man's name: "Michael". So, "Michael" is a super-⁠common

  • name in Canada and North America for English-speaking people, and

  • Ireland. All over the English-speaking world, there...

  • you will meet lots of Michaels, but I would say about 42% of

  • them go by: "Mike". So, this microphone is spelt: "m–⁠i–⁠c",

  • but the person's name: "Michael" is shortened to "M–⁠i–⁠k–⁠e",

  • which is "Mike" because we don't say the "e". So, this

  • microphone, his name is Mike. Nice to meet you, Mike.

  • Another guyone of my good friendshe hangs out in my

  • bathroom. This is... hold on, let me put Mike down. Mike, hold

  • on. Hold on, Mike; I'll pick you up in a second. This is a

  • bathmat. It's actually a pelican bathmat, but there's a man's

  • name called: "Matt". Again, it's the short-form for: "Matthew".

  • But most people shorten their names and call them: "Matt". So,

  • "mat" can also be, like, a bathmat. Oh, Matt's funny, isn't

  • he? "Phil". Yeah. I knew a guy named: "Phil McCracken". He was

  • an Irish guy. His real name was: "Philip", but we just call him:

  • "Phil" because it's a short-form. So: "P–⁠h–⁠i–⁠l".

  • Remember the "P–h"⁠ makes an "F" sound. So, we have a verb:

  • "fill", so you can "fill" somethingit means you put

  • something else in it to make it whole. Oh, Ronnie. So, for

  • example, you can fill a hole with dirt. You can fill a coffee

  • cup with coffee. So, if you "fill" somethingas a verb

  • it means you're putting something inside of it to make

  • it whole again. Oh. "Robert", "Bobby", "Rob", "Robbie". In the

  • short-form, we have: "Rob". Hold on, that's a verb. So, if I

  • steal something, I can also "rob" something. It's a verb.

  • Don't steal Mike, though; he's really important to this. Do you

  • like going to art galleries? Did you know that: "Art" was also a

  • man's name? It's a short-form for: "Arthur". Is your name:

  • "Arthur"? Hi, Arthur. How you doing? Hey, Art. So, it could be

  • funny. Make a joke about that later, maybe. "Russell". Ah,

  • Russell Crowe. Oh, hold on. That's super funny because a

  • "crow" is a bird, and the famous actor, Russell Crowe. Oh! The

  • spelling is different. But "rustle" as a verb means to make

  • noise. So, I can rustle a mat. It doesn't work. I can rustle

  • paper. If I rustle paper, it makes a sound like this. So,

  • that's the rustling of paper. We usually use it for leaves. As

  • you walk, there's the rustle of leaves in the autumn day. Aw.

  • Mike, you like that, don't ya?

  • "Cliff". "Cliff", "Clifford". "Clifford" is the... the formal

  • name and most guys go by: "Cliff". "Cliff" is a noun and

  • it's something... take a short walk off a long "cliff", or

  • something like that. "Cliff" is basically the edge where the

  • ocean meets the land and it's a huge hill. So, if you walk off a

  • "cliff", you're probably going to die. You will see movies

  • where people throw themselves off a "cliff". But not the man;

  • the high mountain by the edge of the water. "Jim". Oh, such a

  • popular name. "James" is the longform of the name. You get:

  • "Jim", you get: "Jimmy", but did you go to "gym" class? Not Jim's

  • class. Or did you hang out in the "gymnasium"? Oh, guess what?

  • We shorten that; instead of saying: "gymnasium" — so long

  • we just use the word: "gym". The spelling is different. Watch

  • out. Okay? This is: "J–⁠i–⁠m", and this is: "g–y–m"⁠.

  • "J–⁠i–⁠m". So, again, we know how tricky spelling is in

  • English; just be careful. So, "gym" is a noun. "Doug". Do you

  • have a problem remembering the past, simple past, the verbs?

  • Guess what? The simple past of the word: "dig" is: "dug".

  • "Doug" is also a man's name. Hi, Doug. You know how I always tell

  • you that English spelling is a little crazy? The past tense is

  • spelt: "d–⁠u–g⁠". But the name is "D–⁠o–⁠u–⁠g. So, we don't

  • actually say the "o"; we don't say: "Doug". Hi, my name is

  • "Doug". "My name is Doug". I'm just the past tense of "dig" —

  • "d–⁠i–⁠g"; past tense: "d–u–⁠g". "I'm Doug". Dig, Doug. "Stu".

  • Okay. The formal name or the long name is: "Stuart". It's a

  • very Scottish name. "Stewie", "Stuart". And: "stew",

  • "s–⁠t–⁠e–⁠w" is actually a very delicious thick soup. In the

  • winter time... Oh, in the summertime, toowe would have

  • "stew". It's basically a meal with vegetables, some kind of

  • sauce, and meat in a big container. The difference

  • between "stew" and "soup" — I know you're askingis "soup"

  • has a lot more water. So, "stew" is, again, very, very thick

  • soup. It's delicious.

  • Next up... Uh-oh. Be careful. This is where it gets funny.

  • There's a really famous singer called: "Harry Styles". "Harry"

  • I guess is a short-form for "Harold", if you will, or some

  • people are just named Harry. If we look at the spelling as an

  • adjective... These are homophones, so this means the

  • two words have the exact same pronunciation. The man's name

  • is: "H–⁠a–⁠r–⁠r–⁠y", but the adjective for someone that has a

  • lot of hair, usually on their back or their armpitsnot too

  • attractive; unless you're into thatis: "h–a–i–⁠r–y"⁠⁠. So,

  • it's describing something that has a lot of hair. My Mom is

  • "hairy". She's not, actually. Sorry, Mom. "Dick". What?

  • Ronnie. "Dick". Yes, "Dick". Yep, it's a man's name. Mm-hmm.

  • I told you: Short for Richard. But also, it can be the part of

  • a man. Women don't have this part; men doit's called a

  • "dick"; "penis". Yes. But the spelling is: "d–⁠i–⁠c–⁠k" — it's

  • the same. Ah, so please, if your last name is Dick, I would

  • caution naming your son: "Harry", because at school, he

  • could get teased; he could be called: "Harry Dick". Or even if

  • your first name is Richard and your last name is Harry, you

  • could have attendance called and still be "Harry Dick", so please

  • be careful with that one. Mm-hmm. Or name your kid that,

  • and good luck with that kid's ego. No, don't do that. No.

  • "John". "John", I don't know how we got this word, but it's a

  • very common name — "John", "Jonathan", "Johnny" — it... for

  • somehow, to us, is a toilet. I guess I should have looked that

  • up and figured out why. But: "I have to go to the john." And

  • you're like: "the John, who? But John's house?" No, just: "the

  • john". That means: "I have to go to the washroom." Okay? Also, we

  • have portable toilets, and those are called "Johnny on the Spot".

  • I don't know if that's funny yet. Okay.

  • "Bill". Oh, everyone hates "bills", but "Bill" not a bad

  • guy — "William" is his long... his word... Blah. "William" is

  • his long name, and he just gets "Bill" for short. But we hate

  • "bills" because, as the noun, they're the things that we get

  • and we have to pay. So, I have a "bill" for my phone, a "bill"

  • for my internet usage. If you go to the restaurant and you eat...

  • I hope you go to the restaurant and eatthat's the purpose

  • you're going to get a "bill" at the end of the meal. And that's

  • what you have to pay for your delicious, overpriced food. You

  • ask. You actually ask for it, you're like: "Can I have the

  • bill?" and Bill's like: "Me?" the whole time. No. The bill;

  • not Bill. "Mark". This is weird; "mark's" a verb. It's a very

  • common first name for a man: "Mark"; usually not a woman. And

  • interesting, doing the research, there weren't a lot of ladies'

  • names that were fun like this, because ladies are usually named

  • after flowers. "Lily", "Rose", "Violet". These are kind of

  • older names. Or herbs: "Rosemary". Hmm. So, we're just

  • beautiful, little flowers; but men are, like, verbs and crazy

  • things. "Mark", because I'm a teacher... Did you know I'm a

  • teacher? What I have to do sometimes is I have to "mark

  • papers". So, students will give me assignments, and I have to

  • "mark" them. That means I go: "Oh, yeah! Good job!" or "Oh,

  • that's terrible." So, if I "mark" something as a verb, it

  • means that I correct it. I tell you if it's right or wrong. So,

  • things that can be right or wrong — I'm going to get into

  • some jokes just because it's so funny. So, please don't laugh at

  • these jokesokay? — they're not meant to be funny. Jokes are

  • never funny. And, Mike, you're getting too heavy for me, buddy.

  • I have to put you down, here. Ah, Mike. Wow. So, all of these

  • words, as I've told you, are also nouns, or verbs, or

  • adjectives.

  • So, first joke, this guy: "Matt". What do you call a man

  • who's always lying down at your front door? "Matt". His name's

  • "Matt". Yeah, I know. Stop laughing so much. Okay? Mike.

  • Yeah, this is just this. I don't have a joke about Mike. Sorry,

  • Mike. Oh, that's okay. Good. I know. I know. Okay. Now, this

  • one: What do you call a guy hanging out, making noise in a

  • pile of leaves? He's moving around a lot. His name is

  • "Russell", because the leaves "rustle". Now, if I have to

  • explain these to you, it's not going to be fun anymore. We do

  • have some female names. The French name, I, as assume. What

  • do you call a lady who likes to burn her bills? French name;

  • starts with a "B". "Bernadette" Because a "debt" means you have

  • to pay money, so "burn a debt" — you're burning your debt. Funny.

  • It is really funny. It's really funny. It's really funny. What

  • do you call a guyokay? — and he always has seagulls on the

  • side of his head? Flying around; probably poo on him. His name's

  • "Cliff". Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. A man who has, instead of a regular

  • head, he has a shovel. A "shovel" is used for digging.

  • Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Remember I told you this? It's used for digging,

  • but instead of a head, he has a shovelhis name is "Doug".

  • Mm-hmm. And then, magically, he lost his shovel, so he no longer

  • has a shovel for his head. Do you know what he becomes? He

  • becomes "Douglas". Because... it's a play on the word: "less".

  • So, a man with the shovel, his head is "dug", past; and then

  • without the shovel is "dug-less". Mike, help me out

  • here, man. These... these are... these are pretty... pretty...

  • pretty terrible.

  • What do you call a guy who's always stealing stuff? You know,

  • you just go someplace and he's taking your mike, and he's

  • taking your mat. His name's "Rob". Yeah, I don't really have

  • any Rob friends because I think they're just thieves. Yeah. What

  • do you call a guy sitting in a big pot of hot water? "Stu".

  • Yeah, his name's "Stu" because he's stewing in the pot, and

  • he's... someone's going to eat him. Yeah. And last one. Two.

  • Oh, I've got two more. Okay. What do you call a guy that's

  • hanging on your wall? All right. He's just hanging out in the

  • wall. Mm-hmm. And people look and go: "Wow. Oo, I don't know.

  • What do you think?" His name's "Art". Mm-hmm. And my Dad. What

  • do you call a guy who fixes potholes? Now, "potholes" have

  • nothing to do with pots or pot. But a "pothole" is a big hole in

  • the road when you're driving. So, you drive: "Kablam" — "Oh! I

  • hit a pothole." That guy, the guy that... that puts more dirt

  • in the potholes, his name's "Phil". Mm-hmm. And he's a

  • pretty good guy. Yeah. But that's all. So, I hope you

  • really enjoyed the jokes because they're so funny, and I just die

  • hearing them. They're so funny. And, yeah, enjoy.

Ladies and gentlemen, reporting live from a secret location.

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