WEBVTT - MINI: Why Are You Called That

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is.

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<v Speaker 3>The Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you get your name?

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<v Speaker 2>If you have a story about how you got your name,

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<v Speaker 2>share it with us today Call me thirteen fifty five

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<v Speaker 2>twenty two Morning to Santo Christian. You're right about Australians

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<v Speaker 2>just adding whatever they want to your name. I obviously

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<v Speaker 2>have a foreign name, Santo. Santo is a great name.

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<v Speaker 2>I believe it's Portuguese or Spanish for Saint Awesness. I

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<v Speaker 2>have to wear a name tag for my job. It

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<v Speaker 2>just actually says on it Santo. But everywhere go it's

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<v Speaker 2>say Santos. No one calls me. My actual name has

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<v Speaker 2>written so you can read it easily. They just add

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<v Speaker 2>the old s at the end. Welcome to Australia, Santos Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>My son is Russell Russell Hobbs.

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<v Speaker 1>That yes, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Even now in his thirties, people still ask if he

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<v Speaker 2>was named after the kettle.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a I would ask that as well.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the name game, as in, that's in the kettle

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<v Speaker 2>where don't we racing that one Hobbs Russell Hobbs is

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<v Speaker 2>afterwards late uncle Christian.

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<v Speaker 1>My name is Kara.

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<v Speaker 2>My parents Tom was named after a character in the

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<v Speaker 2>novel Brideshead Revisited. But I'm pretty sure the character was

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<v Speaker 2>a prostitute. No, I think she's a mistress. I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know about that. She was the mistress to a lord,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I

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<v Speaker 2>hope even grown up believing that.

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<v Speaker 1>She just whacked my glasses against him. Sometimes I get

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<v Speaker 1>too close. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 2>Every day I try to really these people, Hi, Christian.

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<v Speaker 2>And my mother was a big movie fan, loved the

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<v Speaker 2>Western Shane, so she called me shame off the back

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<v Speaker 2>of that, Christian. David Joe was the breakfast announce of

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<v Speaker 2>a decade in Newcastle at two n X and two

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<v Speaker 2>KO everything.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's DJ DJ. I hope he used that. I

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<v Speaker 1>hope he used that. All right, let's take some cols here.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh god, we actually have a David Jones on the line.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Morning David, Morning, Christian. How are you. I'm good, buddy,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome to the show. See you are actually a David Jones.

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<v Speaker 3>Correct, Yes, named after my grandfather gotcha.

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<v Speaker 1>And do you get any confusion with the department store?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes? Always, always, so I play on it, Neil, I

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<v Speaker 3>take photos if I'm standing out for.

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<v Speaker 2>The David Jones, thank you very much for calling him.

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<v Speaker 3>No worries. That a good day.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you now, Steve, morning, Steve.

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<v Speaker 4>Good morning gang.

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<v Speaker 3>My brother's name is Drewen, named after Drewen from.

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<v Speaker 1>The place near Gippsland.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, it is.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And it was only until we got a little

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<v Speaker 4>bit older when we realized what the true meaning of

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<v Speaker 4>it was. When mum and dad said that they had

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<v Speaker 4>a very nice weekend there.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, that's a whole side category for this is named

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<v Speaker 2>after the place you were conceived.

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<v Speaker 4>I really thought there was a lot of immacular conception

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<v Speaker 4>going on there.

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<v Speaker 1>Regional Victoria. All right, Steve, thank you very much. You

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<v Speaker 1>killed me.

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<v Speaker 4>Have a good day, have a great day, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Elise, good morning, Lise. Hello, Now when I pronounce your

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<v Speaker 1>name right, yes it is Elise, Elise. How did you

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<v Speaker 1>get your name? What's the story?

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<v Speaker 4>So my parents were massive hippies back in the seventies.

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<v Speaker 4>They lived for some time in a cave in Greece,

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<v Speaker 4>in Syros, and it was a nerdiest colony. I was

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<v Speaker 4>named I was conceived there information that was shared with me,

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<v Speaker 4>and I was named after one of the ladies that

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<v Speaker 4>they lived in the cave with.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, cave lady, this is incredible. Who of us can

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<v Speaker 1>say we were conceived in a cave? Man it's And.

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<v Speaker 4>It was very funny when I had my first child

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<v Speaker 4>and I was at the birth in class and they said,

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<v Speaker 4>let's go around and talk about our names and where

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<v Speaker 4>they came from, and people like I was named after

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<v Speaker 4>my grandmother and I was named after my uncle. And

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<v Speaker 4>then I was like, okay, so so.

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<v Speaker 1>And then they just moved back to Australia and litter

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<v Speaker 1>led a normal life. Were they in the caves?

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<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, they just you know, they were hippies just

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<v Speaker 4>traveling around. And yeah, they came back and lived the

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<v Speaker 4>normal life.

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<v Speaker 1>And have they got any photos of that time?

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<v Speaker 4>They do, and the friends.

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<v Speaker 2>They're going to bring those out, They're going to bring

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<v Speaker 2>those out. It's a cave lady's knock around with.

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<v Speaker 4>Yes they do. And my friends have all seen the photos.

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<v Speaker 2>And parents love getting out old embarrassing photos of you,

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<v Speaker 2>like oh and here you are naked?

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<v Speaker 1>Have never gone out.

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<v Speaker 4>Naked?

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<v Speaker 1>What a great story though.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, it's a good one, that is.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. Thank you very much. You give us

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<v Speaker 1>a call.

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<v Speaker 4>Thanks have a good day.

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<v Speaker 2>That was almost merging into you couldn't make it up.

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<v Speaker 2>Whomers can say our parents conceived in a cave, naked

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<v Speaker 2>in Greece.

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