Why Connor has to use a Fake Name When Making Reservations

[@TheKeeperofChaos]

I have full faith that Garnt and Sydney would be great parents. That said, I fear for Garnts child. Either he will discover their parents content, and be just as degenerate or worse, or theyll be so off-put by their parents that they just get scarred and take oaths to become a monk.

[@Suslikki]

Grant was a monk too, but he still is a degenerate. Their kid cannot be saved from that path

[@BENIS8D]

The full Garnt experience, from degen to Monk to degen

[@SaintLiam3000]

Meanwhile Connor's child is on a waiting list from all the deals he made in selling his first born child.

[@Zen-zt4uk]

@@SaintLiam3000 Especially the chicken nugget deal

[@Jepze158]

I mean at least it ain't outright porn.

[@Doctor4077]

Barry Chopsticks.

[@eryalmario5299]

Tanaka Conan

[@junpig_]

Instead of Tanaka, why not like Sumisu/Smith so that (a) it's a common enough gaijin last name Japanese people know and (b) you don't run into a situation where the host looks at you and is like uhhhh you don't look like a Tanaka.

[@elskaalfhollr4743]

To avoid racists pulling the rug, if they think you are Japanese they are less likely to kick you out

[@fancypigeon681]

Or Ken. It's both a japanese and english name and is impossible to misspell.

[@lc9245]

Wouldn't Connor just be something like Kaana/Kouna. His last name, Colquhoun can be read as Koufu+n. Kaana Koufun. Sticking to your real name helped me some time to recognise whenever my name is called.

[@Whyalwaysm3]

so ken smith? ok noted.

[@HanLengLiew]

I was half expecting Connor to use "Barry Chopsticks"

[@korumann]

Ah yes, the right honerable　箸バリー

[@Mothman_In_a_T-Pose]

3:36 Yes, people immigrating to America have the same problem. My family is Dutch. Cornelis becomes Cornelius, Roelf becomes Ralph, Katarina becomes Catherine/Katrina/Karina, etc, etc.

[@kevboard]

I love the thought of japanese government employees just answering every question by Conor with "you know... russia bad!" 🤣

[@basementdwellercosplay]

Must check for fraud

[@willyvereb]

All the statistics where Japanese people have Russia as their most hated country suddenly make more sense.

[@kv4648]

Got defrauded of 10K USD not long after the conflict started

[@HandleToBeDetermined]

I use Spider-Man as my name at Starbucks so I can avoid the “how do you spell it” conversation with the barista I’ll never meet again.

[@lelnel6242]

Happened to me a few days ago in my own country when I made a contract over the phone for unlimated data. I spelt my name out to him. My email is my name and last name, I got the mail just fine. However, when the postman called, I relised that not only did the guy on the phone get my adress wrong, he also got my last name wrong. I had to explain to the postman where I actually live. And when I got the contract there were 5 pages where my last name was misspelt. Worse part is, I couldn't call them up to fix it. No, I had fillout an online form with pictures of my ID to prove it.

[@euanduthie2333]

Okay, here's why they're so paranoid about freezing accounts when your visa runs out. They're not concerned about you staying there, they're worried that you might leave without them knowing it. It works like this - If people are leaving the country for good, organised criminals will either pay for access to your bank account, or identity theft their way in. The person whose account is taken over has left the country, and doesn't need it any more, so they're not going to report any suspicious activity, so now the criminals have access to a "clean" bank account, decent credit and a history of transferring money abroad. They then ram as much money laundering and fraudulent transactions through the account as they can before they are spotted, then just rinse and repeat with another account. To make sure this doesn't happen, the bank slams the account shut as soon as it can when you're leaving, but if they're too quick off the mark and you're staying, you get caught with all that hassle.

[@gregorywiryayuwana4138]

😊😊

[@Rio_1111]

3:40 As a german, I know cases where pronunciation issues stick. I know a guy called "Uwe" who went to America and came back as "Hewie" or "Matthias", who went by "Matthew", but back in Germany noone bothered with the th, so "Messiu" stuck.

[@speedyx3493]

The fact that he doesn't use "Barry Chopsticks" is criminal

[@shoxy-the-pinecone6113]

So glad Connor has returned to his roots of calling establishments pretending to be Black Butler characters

[@Edino_Chattino]

I can relate to the using a local name thing. My name is one letter away from Edward, with the exact same pronunciation, but people simply couldn't understand that when I was visiting the US. So I started using Edward everywhere, problem solved.

[@White_Recluse]

Maybe it’s because my state has a prominent Hispanic population but Eduardo doesn’t seem that strange or hard to pronounce. Maybe spelling because everyone spells their name differently for some reason.

[@fluidthought42]

​@@White_Recluse It depends. In communities with prominent Hispanic presence it's not too unusual, but in whiter more middle class areas... well sometimes it's more convenient to just adopt an anglonym.

[@fluidthought42]

Oye lalo

[@LAK_770]

@@White_Recluse yeah I’m wondering where they were in the US. It’s a common name that I’d think most Americans would recognize, or at least grasp quickly if corrected. Can’t imagine it often being an issue in any major city. And with the “do” at the end and the completely different syllable stress it’s clearly audibly distinct from Edward

[@patheticmortal373]

​@fluidthought42 I wonder if it's a culture difference, but in the UK Edwardo, Pierre, Natalia, etc names are very commonly used for people, without resorting to an Angonym. A lot of our place names are French, Spanish, Greek, German, and even sometimes Hindi (and some others). In the UK we have many school exchanged with other European countries. At my secondary we had French, German and Chinese exchange students. Plus many immigrant students who obviously had their own names, so why would we make them change it? There was only one kids out of the hundreds who did change his name, but peple used his real name anyway. The USA tends to stay within itself, so my guess is that's why people aren't used to hearing other sounds in names

[@DagNotland]

and that's why I use the NATO phonetic alphabet when spelling my name to foreigners/english speakers on the phone.

[@theb6830]

10:34 "thousand island stare" 😭😭

[@RupertPeterson]

Ah yes, Barry Chopsticks.

[@Dandandandandandandandandanda1]

Connor = Konoru Joey = Joi Garnt = Kan

[@FreaKill666]

Tapping "Translate to English" on your comment just deletes your translations of Connor and Joey 😅

[@sahaakhiyat3703]

Saying your name if you have quite unordinary name really can be awkward. Especially if your name contains sounds that do not exists in Japanese and if it is quite long. Then you try to say Latinized version of your name and it becomes also problematic cause representative letters of the sounds of your name does not exist in Latin alphabet either and it is practically weird and butchered version of the name that sounds weird even to your language and English, let alone to Japanese. I'm Kazakh and my name is very Kazakh (not international name adapted to Kazakh, not Russified name, it is like native native Kazakh) and in order to Latinize it it went from "Kazakh => Russian(adapt Kazakh sounds to Russian to make it easier when Latinize) => English(Cyrillic to Latin)". So when I came to reception desk to take back my thing after the concert I needed to say my name so receptionist could gave me back my stuff. I first said in native pronunciation on autopilot then corrected myself in pronouncing that as it is written in my passport. The face of confusion that she made trying to understand my name made me to just describe what thing that I had in my broken Japanese + google translate. Good thing that I came after so many people and there was not so much things that could fit to the description of my stuff so she immediately found what I need on a second attempt. But then she asked my name anyway to verify it with the name written on the stuff's tag so I had that awkward moment again lol

[@AnnaMorimoto]

サハークヒヤットさん？サハーキャットさん？

[@sahaakhiyat3703]

​@@AnnaMorimoto That's my shortened name + surname. My latinized name is "Sagyndyk". Russified name is "Сагындык". Actual Kazakh name is "Сағындық". Sounds that letters "ғ" and "қ" produces does not exist in English, Russian and Japanese. You can check out the pronunciation of the names in Google translate with English and Russian variants, but unfortunately not in Kazakh.

[@AnnaMorimoto]

@@sahaakhiyat3703 OK, so a g-k-h hybrid like the r in Paris, and a very plosive k sound. サヒュンディクさん？ さくんでく さん？ The examples of Japanese people making these types of sounds are rare. One is when they have phlegm, which the onomatopoeia for it is カーッ(痰を吐く音) The other is when they're grimacing in defeat. クッッッ!!私の戦いもここまでか...

[@sahaakhiyat3703]

@@AnnaMorimoto yeah ! Right on the spot with "ғ" sounding like "spitting up phlegm". I would even say that it more clearly appears when you are rinsing your throat with the water. It also appears a little bit in French pronunciation of Paris as you said. With "қ" sounding like they are grimacing... I'm not so sure to be honest. If I could describe the sound it could be like "run an old car on diesel fuel at -40 degree". Sounds of grunting and exhaust from a car pipe can get near in producing "қ" sound.

[@SAYTON2]

Connor with an evil french mustache looks soo funny

[@lissa_ssi]

10:34 Garnt must've been hungry thinking about thousand island dressing lmao

[@lamp3tt]

Or he's a big cumtown fan

[@Chisegh]

I've been using the Connor strategy for years when making reservations. Same problem as Connor, whenever I use my real name it takes forever for them to get it. Can recommend, it works and makes everything smoother.

[@BeautyWillSaveUs00]

my grandfather Sandor had the army mess up his name to Alexander, his drivers licence, his military record and any civilian training he got threw the military was all for Alexander so he oppted to legally change his name instead of getting everything else changed.

[@reatrdosbenkron6194]

Can't wait to see the "Russia bad" part in russian dub

[@lawllet8959]

I have a misspell in my ID card and birth certificate..... yep im cursed whith a misspelled name whole my life....

[@lilgrannyari]

When I lived in Japan, I also adopted a Japanese name since my first name, but especially my last name, was really tough: Mitsui Arisa 光井 愛里沙

[@nudibranchnotions]

Happens in the states too. My internet provider still sends me advertisements under a misspelled name..lol that's why you have to use radio letter code over the phone. Kinda fun I guess.

[@Penultimeat]

2:42 in that Japanese banker’s defense, Russia is lately bad.

[@jiwookim348]

I have like 15 names in NZ because people cant pronounce or spell my name lmao

[@Tonydeezer]

Ngl i thought hes about to say Barry Chop Stick lol

[@samuru101]

Joey with the Arasaka drip. 🔥

[@Whitewingdevil]

Not gonna name drop myself but my surname is scottish and very similar to an irish name, when my family immigrated to NZ a century ago their name was recorded with the irish spelling, and it's been stuck that way ever since, pronounced one way and spelt the other.

[@local_hotpotato]

Thats on par as clever as when Garnt orders thai food in thai to get it just right.

[@TanakaMatsumoto]

That justification of freezing accounts doesn't even make sense.. We freeze them because their names are the same as ones that are already frozen, which only explains opening of new accounts. Furthermore I guarantee there is 0% chance that someone named Connor Marc Colquhoun has previously committed bank fraud in Japan before. It would make more sense if they said something like, we want the money made in japan to stay in japan so if you're visa is expiring and you're leaving you're leaving the money you made here too.

[@Lykas_mitts]

6:30 the UK just doesn't close your bank account.

[@Bob-nc5hz]

Not entirely true, I've got a friend who hasn't lived in the UK a while, and Barclays' recently closed their account. Except they still have UK revenue because reasons, so they're taxed, and HMRC applies maximum rate at the source, then reimburses them... *on that account*.

[@drezicollinz_]

Imagine garnt names his song grant so his full name is Grant Garnt

[@MoxxoM]

14:10: I heard training wheels are really bad. They don't actually train balance. So maybe the way Garnts dad did it was way faster.

[@gabrielarrhenius6252]

They are bad with balance but they are more used for being alone, not having someone right behind/beside them when cycling

[@ZombieKitty321]

Must training wheels go up in levels so you can i place them higher and higher, the idea is just to have the wheel catch you when you list and you slowly move them up to get more balance most people just dont know that.

[@gabrielarrhenius6252]

@@ZombieKitty321 those are the good kinds and also true, but you also have those single level training wheels

[@jimanyon8143]

"Don't try, just do" Joda, Star Wars The Empire strikes back. Training wheels don't need to train balance. Bicylces do balance themselves more, the faster you go, via physics magic. The issue is that kids being afraid of falling try to go slow and therefore go to slow for the balancing magic to overpower gravity.

[@MLGHazrad]

New Connor name just dropped

[@RJ-kg5fe]

For some reason after a couple of contacts to make sure everything was in check for my reservations for my Japan trip my name is Rodrigo. So you’d think I could get away with ロドリゴ　but for some reason it still confused the crap out of them. At this point thank god I have a Japanese middle name so I just went with that or if I want to use my moms maiden name which is Sakuma.

[@ThornOfSociety]

Account freezing happened to me here in Australia, my card was due to expire like a month or so later yet they temporarily froze it while waiting for my new card to get sent out to me.

[@pyrylehtonen-caponigro3198]

Thing about training wheels is that they don't actually teach you how to ride a bike

[@twilightgeneral777]

"Russia bad" is a mood

[@kabirkumar5815]

yes, foreigners in the uk also have this problem

[@Maiyosu23]

Connor should call himself, Konnata-san just to keep it close to his real name 😂

[@SeralyneYT]

That is one of the reasons, that when I realized I was trans, I picked an easy name. My old name was difficult enough for English-speaking people to pronounce, let alone in Japanese.

[@gonebytrain]

I’ve had Yokohama Bank for over 10 years now, and I didn’t have to show up every time I renewed my visa! (They still got tons of other annoying stuff, but it’s not too bad)

[@korumann]

Honestly, as someone who has done a fair amount of genealogy, it's kinda cool to see this happing in a way I can see and understand in the modern day.

[@datgrart]

When my parent remove d training wheels n I fell, I was like “it’s hurt, it isn’t worth this pain” so I quit 😂

[@lankyGigantic]

Loving the giant collection of Cyberpunk 2077 tops and jackets that Joey has now

[@cywill6830]

Connor "big kahoonas" voice actor

[@Emil_Stoltz]

Today I learned Felix's name in Japanese is written "Kjellberg Felix Arvid Ulf"

[@eryalmario5299]

I use a fake name because people screw up my name

[@Afdch]

I had the same experience with dad and bike and I'm no asian, so I think it is more universal

[@feliciaxedine9402]

"Do immigrants have to [deal with misspellings in english speaking countries]" - All the f-ing time. It's why most asians use the spelling "Lee" instead of "Li".

[@wolf_flash2559]

Lol Tanaka 😂

[@porcorosso4330]

Ah... The minority experience...

[@porcorosso4330]

4:18 Maybe because of spell check?

[@akumuryuu]

Nothing like some casual racism to liven up the conversation.

[@susanblamire4014]

My married name is beyond all pronunciation and spelling. I spell it out using the American military alphabet. Does Japan have it's own official list for English? How does that work for Japanese? Charlie Oscar November November Oscar Romeo

[@shravansujith4307]

Is nobody going to comment how badass Felix's Full name is ?

[@Grahamrobinsonvt802]

Grant 😂

[@bombchu9308]

random question here, but how did Connor stop his balding? what medication is he on now? ty

[@Jepze158]

He is still balding though.

[@bombchu9308]

@@Jepze158hmm, not as much as he was 2 year ago, he had a bald spot on his crown, and now its completely covered

[@scorpzgca]

This is so funny using fake names 😂😂😂

[@draconian6692]

"no russian"😂

[@yoshinumberone]

"Russia bad" lol

[@178laaleros]

This is super funny 😂. Russia bad 😂😂😂

[@MagnusPrimeZ]

TANAKA!! THAI KICKU!!

[@denmaakujin9161]

Japanese service is horrible 😂 while their customer service is great, it's a circus how they do things

[@Benobot99]

Lmao 😂

[@kingbaard5395]

VERY smart hiding that the Pewdiphile is on your pod in the clips. Won't be watching more .

[@christophebrou1178]

Explain,what happened?

[@kingbaard5395]

​@@christophebrou1178 Nothing happened, he's a creep. He's a "Not-See" too. Fuck 'em. I don't accept apologies from millionaire youtubers with no incentive to improve.

[@kingbaard5395]

@@christophebrou1178 And now I'm going to turn off notifications to this thread so all his psycho sycophants don't bother me.