How names can tell painful stories ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Can names be attached to painful histories? Neil and Beth discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary..👇👇👇
❓❓❓ According to a recent global survey, what is currently the world’s most popular boys’ name? Is it:
a) Jesus
b) Mohammed
c) Noah
Listen to the programme to hear the answer.
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Vocabulary:
✔️injustice - situation in which there is no fairness or justice
✔️Christian name - (British English) first name; the name you were given at birth
✔️noble - admirable, morally good
✔️baggage - beliefs and feelings, especially outdated or unhelpful ones, which influence how someone thinks and behaves
✔️speak truth to power - when people non-violently resist an oppressive force, such as a government or corporation, by telling the truth
✔️ruffle someone’s feathers - (idiom) upset or annoy someone
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George's original Christian name was Jeremy, a very noble name. However, he had to change it to George because of an injustice. He had a friend called Geoff. Geoff was a good friend to George at first, but then he started to ruffle George's feathers. Geoff pretended that George stole Geoff's tuna and cucumber sandwich. George's friends shamed him so badly that he had to change his name. Now, George still carries a lot of emotional baggage with him. George no longer makes friends or speaks truth to power, fearing he'll be shamed again.

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As an immigrant, I still have emotional baggage every time I learn about the injustice in my birthplace Hongkong where people seem to be getting more depressed as time goes by.

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The names of all people Don't mean lucky or unlucky. It's only mean how they call you if they need something from you.... deal

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Wow, what a deep statement! I'm impressed

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I didn't like my name, even though it means kind queen. But I learned to appreciate it and I say that I am a "queen" outside the imposed standards 😅

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If you dont mind whats your name

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In some Chinese families, people are named according to their family book. For example, the first character is the family name, say Lin, the second character may be a character taken from a poetry found in the family book, and the third character can be anything their parents desire. So the siblings may share two characters in their names, and people can tell their seniority in the family hierarchy by their name.

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😊 Interesting! 👍 Thank you for sharing!

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My name is Shakhnoza which is Muslim's name, I am so proud of my name. Thank you Neil and Beth, all video are just bomb, thank you so much🙏❤️❤️

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What does your name means

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Wonderful!

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In Vietnam, people believe that their name can reveal their personality or destiny in the future. For example :my name is Thu, which means a girl who is brilliant and pretty🥰😆.

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I know someone named Thu and I have to say this is pretty true😊

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my name is thu

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@@mimarofficial1407 I hope you'll always be as special as your name🥰.

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@@minhthunguyenngoc8745 thanks. I also have a neighbor name minh thu and I'm huyen thu

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Thanks for sharing! It's interesting. Here in Korea, parents name their children to reflect the meaning they wish for their child. For example, my name is Hyunmin. It means being a person who makes the world brighter.❤

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Is John the name of the John the Baptist? and the John the Evangelist?

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...to consider changing their name or names?

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I love my name, it has got some traductions in a lot of languages 😂

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My name is free from religious chains: it's Rossella, which means redhead 😊🔴🌶️

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Guys you don't watched the movie Super Bad, here explain that the most common name in the world is Mohamed 😅

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I'm surprised that the name of the person and the content of the story are deeply related.

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I can't understand why Professor robert decided to name his son Micah, the Christian name. As I understand the whole story, it seems he doesn't like a Christian name because of the past (salve).😢

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I guess the question was Jesus. I made a mistake :( I did hit it. Thanks, BBC

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A muslim must named his at leasy one child as "mohammed" if he has three boys. Elhamdülillah İ did. My brother did to all three children.

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In which book is that written?

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Mashallh ❤

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if you mention about arabic countries, yes it might be right but in turkey, we do not have to do that and it is not so common because we have lots of turkish names.

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I am commenting the word "must" you used: Do you mean “cultural necessity” or “religious necessity”? I'm more interested in the second part, because many of the "companions" did not!!

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My name is Mohammed

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Mohammed

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