English Addict ( Quick Fix 13 ) Tuesday 19th October 2021- Live Chat from England with Mr Duncan

let's see how many white vans we can spot today  

here we go again we are back together live on  youtube isn't it nice to see me and also you  

together again and i couldn't resist showing  you a little bit of autumn outside my window  

right now there it is in my garden a little splash  of autumn color to start off today's live stream  

here we go again yes we are back and it is  english addict quick fix coming to you live  

from the birthplace of the english language which  just happens to be oh my goodness it's england

sorry about that hi everybody this is mr  duncan in england how are you today are you  

okay i hope so are you happy i hope so

a lot of people have asked do you still have the  sheep and also the cows at the back of your house  

the answer is yes i do they are still there and  as a sort of social experiment for the wildlife  

around here i was wondering how sheep and cows  get along especially if they are in the same field  

like these so at the back of my house there  is a field with some sheep and also some cows  

as well and it would appear it would appear  that they get along very well actually the cows  

and the sheep don't seem to mind being in the  same field although i have noticed that quite  

often they will avoid each other so they never  get very close to each other quite often they will  

be in different parts of the field so maybe the  sheep are over here ah and over here are the cows

but very rarely do they actually get close  together so they seem to tolerate each other  

but they don't get too close to each other i've  i haven't seen them yet get near to each other  

so they normally stay apart they normally keep  their distance so i hope we've cleared that one up  

here we go then and we are here again  with a special series a special season of  

live streams every weekday from monday to friday  from 2 p.m uk time and on sunday as well with  

my usual live stream as well also added on to  everything else that is happening during the week  

monday to friday i'm here live for a short while  which is why i call this my quick fix you see  

it's just it's just a short one just le petite  le petite english adict is what i like to say  

and on sunday of course we  have our big large extra

supersize live stream with mr steve joining in  as well hello to everyone yes my name is duncan i  

love english i talk about the english language  you might describe me as an english addict

and i've been doing this for quite a while  actually well for about seven minutes  

in fact but in total i've been doing  this for around about 15 years 15 years  

i washed my hat yesterday and can you see what's  happened my number 15 has shrunk in the washing  

machine it was it was it was big and now it's  small because of the hot water i am here with you  

for the month of october which is because i'm  celebrating my 15th anniversary that is the  

introduction over with and yes we have made it to  the second working day of the week how has your  

week been so far has it been a good one or has it  been has it been a load of rubbish it's tuesday

yes we're back and it is tuesday

the second working day of the week today we  are looking at names yesterday published here  

in england we had the lists of the most  popular names given to babies born last year  

boys names and girls names and everything  in between so we are going to look at those  

a little bit later on and i thought it would be  fun to also ask you to tell me what the popular  

names are for children in your countries so we  will be looking at that a little bit later on  

it is a bit of fun so don't take it too seriously  but yes we do have the list and i'm very surprised  

to see some of the names that people in this  country are giving to their children and i  

think you have to be very careful when you  choose a name for your child because it has  

to go through its whole life with that particular  name so even if something is popular or topical  

maybe there is a certain name of a celebrity and  everyone wants to call their young girl rihanna

that child has to grow up for the  rest of its life being called rihanna  

it might not be popular in the future you see  you have to be very careful what you call people  

when you are deciding names and we  will be looking at the top 10 names  

for boys and girls born last year in the united  kingdom we have our anagram by the way can you see  

it there it is just above my microphone today's  anagram and i suppose i should give you a clue  

because this is not one word it's actually three  separate words we have five letters four letters  

and ten letters and that's it that's all i'm  saying no more clues so we have three words  

five letters four letters ten letters i will give  you the answer later on unless of course you know  

what the answer is because i believe that you  are quite the clever clogs i think so here we  

go again yes we are back and of course we have the  live chat as well nice to see the live chat here  

up and running did you see me yesterday i don't  know what was going on yesterday i felt so tired  

i had a lovely sleep yesterday afternoon not for  a very long time for about 40 minutes and then i  

got up and i felt much better but i don't know  what was happening yesterday i felt so tired i  

had no energy no mental energy no physical energy  i had no will whatsoever to do anything yesterday  

which can be very awkward when you are having to  do a live stream in front of the whole internet

people ask mr duncan what do you need what  do you need as a person or as a character  

to be on the internet for example here on youtube  what do you actually need well can i just say it's  

not about what you do need it's actually what you  don't need what you don't need is self-respect  

dignity or shame

so those are the three things that you need if  you want to come onto youtube and make videos  

or do live streams so you don't get  forget about your dignity that has to go  

no dignity there is no dignity in doing this  your your shame you should have no shame  

if you come on here you must be willing to  expose everything well not quite everything  

due to youtube's terms and conditions you can't  and you must be completely without any self-worth  

so those are my three tips my three tips of advice  if you are thinking of coming onto youtube to do  

this forget dignity forget your your self-worth  forget all about having any shame you've got to  

get rid of all of those things and if you can  you will do very well here on youtube i think so

i lost my dignity a long time ago

15 years you see this is what happens after  15 years of doing this this is this is what  

it turns you into they should use me as a warning  the next time people are talking about the dangers  

of being on youtube they should point to me  and say look this is what you will end up like  

you will end up like this poor chap and then  they will show a picture of me talking like this  

about things hello to the live chat we have  the live chat here of course i do believe now  

this is interesting because we are talking about  babies names today popular names given to babies  

that are born into the world and i noticed  yesterday that vitas who is normally live with us  

on the chat he's normally here first he's normally  the first person on but yesterday he wasn't  

and i was wondering why that happened and and  i had my answer i saw the answer yesterday  

on the live chat apparently vitas is babysitting  at the moment he's looking after a little bit  

baby a little girl a newborn baby so that is the  reason why v-test was a little bit late yesterday  

a little bit late yesterday i i've just noticed  something on my live chat i just noticed a very  

naughty word come up on my live chat very

very distracting in fact i will i  will get around to that in a moment  

but vitas was late yesterday because he was  looking after a little baby so i'm wondering today  

if vitas is still taking care of the little  baby let's have a look shall we who was first on  

today's live chat i don't know oh very interesting  we have a very interesting state of affairs  

by that i mean situation a very interesting  situation taking place right now on my live chat  

because first it is not vitas so maybe vitas  is still taking care of the baby maybe he is  

having to feed it or maybe he is having to  change it's nappy what is it about baby poop  

is it my imagination or is baby poop the  worst thing ever the appearance the smell

quite disgusting how something so stinky and  horrible can come out of such a cute little baby  

isn't that strange so what are you doing then  at the moment vitas because you are not first  

today it is alexander ndemanov  you are first on today's live chat

congratulations and celebrations  alexander you are first on the live chat  

today we also have marawi as  well hello to you also vitesse

are you still taking care of the baby  or maybe you are cleaning up the mess  

after looking after the baby who  would think that such a small thing  

could be so much trouble and cause so many  disruptions especially at night and i'm sure  

if you have a baby or if you've had a baby in the  past you will know in the night i don't know why  

babies become very restless and they start crying  for various reasons maybe maybe their teeth  

are starting to come through maybe their teeth  are pushing their way through the gums and babies  

quite often will become distressed by that or  maybe they are just lying in their own poop

serena hello sirena also claudia  thank you claudia for your message  

about certain names and what they sound  like i can't believe that you wrote that  

i'm quite surprised that you wrote that to be  honest very surprised hello brahim also marwah  

we have oh very interesting live from  brittany watching us now louis mendes

hello louis i hope you are having a nice time in  brittany very nice and as i mentioned yesterday  

part of my family originated from brittany hello  also to ernesto hello ernesto i recognize your  

name from somewhere did you used to watch me a  long time ago i feel as if i know who you are  

mr duncan i have missed you ernesto  hello ernesto nice to see you here  

i have a feeling a strange feeling that you used  to watch me a long time ago am i right or wrong  

hello also to monica it's nice to see you here  today we are talking about children's names babies  

names well of course every baby is born without  a name and it is up to the parents to give that  

child the name that it will have to live with for  the rest of its life my parents called me duncan

i don't know why i never did find out why my  parents called me duncan but i'm very glad  

they did because i think my name is suitable for  me i don't know why so perhaps i have grown up

being duncan so that's interesting  so so do you become your name  

so if your parents give you a certain name  does that have some sort of effect on your  

character or the way you behave in your life or  the way the direction of your life actually goes  

so perhaps the name that your  parents give you your birth name

can actually have much more of an effect on your  life than we realize so i am a duncan duncan

the story of my birth is both sad and happy i  was born very premature i was not expected to  

live isn't that amazing my parents were told that  there was only a small chance of me surviving  

so they had to name me straight away so they  had to choose a name very fast very quickly  

because you have to put something on record  as as the child's name so that's that's true  

i was born very young very very young very  early and very small i was i was so tiny  

apparently you could you could hold me in your  hand in the palm of your hand you could actually  

put me in the palm of your hand i was so small  and tiny and my parents chose the name duncan and  

i still have it now and i like it i like it a lot  hello also to oim oim nice to see you back again  

i feel as if i should probably say  your name with a little bit of echo oi

it sounds like something bouncing  along on springs hello also beatrice  

it is a wonderful view in your garden today  things are starting to look very autumnal  

today as as we saw at the start of today's live  stream yes there it is outside my window now you  

can see one of the trees in my garden the leaves  have started to change they are turning that's  

what we normally say when the leaves start to  change color we often say that they are turning  

that means they are changing color they  are changing into their autumnal colors  

very nice hello also to some air and also to

wow so many messages coming up i  can't keep up with the messages  

hello also beatriz hope you're feeling  better today hello also alessandra  

very nice as well belarusia or should i say  claudia oh about names an argentinian couple  

went to live in london and they  had a child they called him

can i say this see i don't know i'm not sure if i  can say the name because you know youtube nowadays  

they are very strict quite strict so if you want  to see the name of the baby that the argentinian  

couple named you will have to look on the live  chat at around about 2 16 on the live chat so if  

you go to 216 the time stamp on the live chat  216 you will see what claudia has written but  

i can't say it you see if i say it then then  i would imagine that this video will be will  

be removed from youtube so i would love to say  it but it's great claudia that you have written

such a rude word i it seems very  

very funny i don't know why it's a  little bit when it's a bit little bit

it's a little bit like when mr steve swears  it sounds hilarious so whenever steve swears  

if he loses his temper he does sometimes  swear he says words like and and also

like that but whenever mr  st whenever mr steve swears

or uses bad language it always makes me laugh  because it sounds so funny his his posh accent

and using bad language it sounds hilarious i  don't know why ernesto says yes i am back here  

after such a long time i i'm i'm shocked  i will be honest with you i am shocked

eric makes a very good point now many names for  children are related to sports players like neymar  

messi jordan cristiano et cetera  well i suppose people like cristiano  

ronaldo a very popular person a big star  neymar neymar is neymar a football player  

you must excuse my ignorance because i'm not  

a sporty person i'm not a person who often  follows football i will be honest with you  

hello hello olga oh yes very interesting  olga says my youngest son's name is boris

like boris johnson i chose this name before i  was aware that there was a uk boris well maybe  

it could be named after boris yeltsin boris  yeltsin very very long time ago he was one of the  

leaders in russia boris yeltsin i remember boris  yeltsin a long time ago he was very popular but  

also he was very famous for one thing i'm not sure  if you can remember but boris yeltsin was always  

famous for one habit that he had but no  there aren't many boris people called boris  

around are there so it's still quite a unique name  it might seem as if that everyone is called boris  

but they're not it's so it is  actually still an unusual name hello

tt is that right have i pronounced your  name right this topic is very interesting  

jimmy from hong kong can not imagine mr  steve saying any of those words right now

as as i'm watching your live chat it's  true trust me when mr steve gets angry  

he doesn't swear very often but when  he does he says words like and and

like that that's what he says all of those words

all all i all i know is now  i'm worried that youtube  

might have some some new technology that can read  people's lips in which case i am toast i really am

claudia has another story does it involve swearing  i have another story a wealthy british couple  

came to live in argentina and they had a baby  they decided to call her moored esther and the

and the employee registered her as a modesta  which means modest modesta i actually i have  

to be honest with you i think that's a nice name  it's it's it's funny how certain names have almost  

a poetic sound so i think modesta is actually  quite a nice name instead of moored esther  

they they must have misheard so when when the  parents were telling them what the name was  

instead of calling her moored esther they  called her modesta instead so that's a good  

i like that that's a good story but i think  modesto is quite nice as well diem dang says  

in the future i will give my baby the name  rosie because rosie is the name of my idol  

that's it so quite often choosing the name  for your child maybe your your boy or girl  

can be something that is very personal to the  parents quite often and this is something that  

does happen sometimes people will name their child  after one of their relatives who has passed away  

maybe a grandparent or maybe something that you  add to a child's name so you will always remember  

one of your other relatives which i think is  lovely i really do christina says i am late  

why why are you late what have you been doing what  have you been doing that's more important than me

i can't imagine that today we're talking about  babies names the names you give your babies  

because we have a list which we are going to look  at in a moment a list of babies names that are  

popular the top 10 names given to baby girls and  baby boys in a few moments vitas did we ever find  

out i didn't see vitas vitas are you looking after  the baby today are you babysitting at this moment

and if and if you are wha wha what  what is the smell around you is it  

is it a nice smell because apparently babies  smell lovely a newborn baby has a lovely smell  

i have to be honest with you i have never  sniffed a newborn baby don't ask me why  

so i don't actually know so come on vitas are  you looking after the baby today or are you free  

of the baby oh vitas says yes i am i am looking  after the baby once again well i think you must  

be a very good babysitter it is amazing nowadays  how many people decide to have a child but then  

they also want to have their busy lives as well  so quite often you will find including here  

in this country you will find quite often  that the the children maybe the daughter  

and the son-in-law will ask one of the parents  to take care of the baby during the day because  

maybe they both have to work hello omar nice  to see you back again i'm glad to see that  

you've managed to find my live stream for the  second time nice to see you back thank you omar

thank you also to mohammed 1401

oh mayori says i don't get the topic we  are talking about names that people give  

to their children i'm going to look at some  names in a moment the names given last year  

by people living in england and wales to  babies myora mayor mayor myori myori myori

i have a feeling that maybe some people will be  naming their baby mayori after you imagine that  

imagine someone having a baby and they actually  name it after after you wow can you imagine that  

i wonder how many people have  called their babies duncan

hello ernesto mr duncan you were right i  have been watching you for many years yes i i  

i do remember some of the names of people  who used to watch a long time ago so  

even if you don't watch me for a long time  it doesn't mean that i've forgotten you  

you're still there somewhere  up here in my gray matter

or what's left of it anyway  

so let's have a look at them shall we i've  been talking about them so we are going to look  

at names given to babies here in england and wales  and maybe maybe this this might influence you  

if you are thinking of having a baby maybe you are  trying at this very moment whilst listening to me

oh very good you do seem to be trying very hard

so we are talking about names that people give  to their their babies in england and wales  

and we are looking at the records from last  year top 10 baby names for boys and girls  

so we are going to look at the  boys first please don't complain  

please don't say mr duncan why  are you choosing the boys first  

that's very sexist of you are you a misogynist  is that your problem do you have a problem  

do you have a problem is there a problem  do you have a problem with women no i don't  

my mother is always my best friend  and she's a woman for goodness sake

the top 10 names for baby boys in england and  wales in 2020 so these are the records from  

last year in this country not for this year  of course because this year hasn't finished  

so let's have a look at the bottom of the  list first of all we have jack oh okay then  

jack i suppose jack is a good name would you  say would you say that jack is a good name  

i'm not sure jack it sounds  a bit like maybe a name from

a fairy tale jack and the bean beanstalk  or maybe a nursery rhyme jack and jill  

went up the hill to fetch a pail of  water jack fell down and broke his crown  

and jill came tumbling after would  you like to know where jill landed

let's just say nine months later she  was also having the patter of tiny feet  

archie oh okay then now this is interesting archie  of course archie is also the name of one of the  

royal babies i think it's please don't please  don't correct me here but i think it's harry and  

megan i think it's one of their children i think  it's their son archie so his name is archie

what else do we have on the list oh we have harry  harry now i think harry is a good name harry it  

sounds like a positive strong name with strength  harry like clint eastwood clint eastwood many  

years ago played the part of a police officer on  the streets of los angeles and his name was harry

a lot of people called him dirty harry  but not for reasons that you might think  

harry yes i think harry is a good name it's a very  strong name prince harry harry yes i think it's a  

strong name of course we do have prince harry  we have one we have at least one prince harry  

at the moment although he doesn't seem to be  getting very very well or getting along very well  

with his family at the moment here's another one  oscar oscar can you see it with 3268 uses of oscar  

i think oscar i think oscar  sounds like the name of a dog

i don't know why it doesn't sound like  a person's name it sounds more like  

a dog's name i don't know why i'm not offending  anyone by saying this but it does sound more like  

a dog's name rather than a person's name  the next one as we come to the top five  

we have leo leo now that is a nice name leo  quite often we will shorten the name leo from  

leonardo so maybe if your name is leonardo maybe  they will shorten or abbreviate the name to leo

in the top five now we have muhammad very  popular name in this country and i would  

imagine also around the world as  well also we have noah at number four  

noah hmm that's an interesting one i've never  met anyone called noah i will be honest with you  

i i can't think of anyone called noah except  for that that guy with the big boat you know  

that guy that built that really big boat and then  he filled it full of animals and then he realized  

that he'd made a very big mistake because he he  didn't know where to put all the poop all the  

animal poop where do i put all the poop i've  built this massive boat and i've got hundreds  

of thousands of animals all around me making a  real terrible noise oh but what am i gonna do

too much poop

and at number three oh this is a this is a  good old-fashioned name arthur oh yes arthur  

a lot of people think of arthur they think of  king arthur maybe king arthur and the round table  

the legend of king arthur of course very little is  known about king arthur and but but there are many  

legends a lot of folklore surrounding king arthur  and at number two we have george i suppose there  

is no surprise there because again one of the  royal babies in this country is called george

of course i suppose you can have the the female  name georgina georgina for a girl george for a boy  

and at number one now this is interesting i  have to be honest with you when i saw this i was  

shocked i was surprised to find that the the most  popular name given to a boy born last year oliver  

oliver i find that strange because we  used to have a cat many years ago when  

i was living at home with my parents  we used to have a cat called oliver  

and also there is a famous character one of  charles dickens characters called oliver twist  

as well so there they are a list of boys names  the most popular names given to boys last year

oh

flyaway says what about oscar wilde  could oscar wilde be a dog's name  

well maybe you can have a wild dog maybe  the dog is very aggressive and gets angry  

all the time you might call it oscar the wild  dog you see so it does work it does honestly  

fly away says oscar and oliver are the  best two the best two names from that list  

of course olga yes olga you are right there  is also arthur conan doyle the famous author  

he was also very much into spiritualism  and science fiction did you know that  

the the author called arthur arthur  conan doyle he wrote the sherlock holmes

stories and that there was all  there is a theory that that  

sherlock holmes the stories of sherlock  holmes are actually science fiction  

did you know that because it's believed in some  of the stories that sherlock holmes actually  

has some sort of psychic power or is able to know  things through some paranormal source it's true  

look it up hello christina oliver oliver hardy  yes of course one of the famous silent comedians  

of course he used to perform and he  used to do his comedy routines alongside

i can't hear you you'll have to  shout much louder stan laurel stan  

stanley that's a great name stanley there  aren't many stanley people called stanley  

anymore you don't hear of many people called  stanley it seems like a like an old-fashioned name  

but yes the most popular name for boys  new new baby boys last stanley no oliver  

i'm getting confused now here we go girls names  i know you're waiting for them so here they are  

right now popular girl girl names for baby girls  last year oh so in number 10 we have sophia  

sophia i like that name sophia like the famous  actress sophia loren a wonderful actress and  

i used to always like her sunglasses she used  to wear the biggest sunglasses i've ever seen

many many female stars of the the 1950s and 1960s  and maybe also into the 1970s they would always  

wear if they were going out into into a public  place they would always wear huge sunglasses  

they were so big and sophia loren was one of  those actresses at number nine we have rosie  

rosie i like that that is quite  a positive name rosie everything  

is rosy everything is nice and  colorful fragrant and beautiful  

so at number nine rosie at number eight isabella  what is what an interesting name i was going to  

say strange what a strange name to choose isabella  it sounds like something from victorian times

and then we have lily lily yes i suppose lily  would be a popular name a very beautiful name  

like the lily of the valley and oh and number  five that's interesting sorry number six ivy  

very interesting ivy so ivy is also a  very popular name given to girls last year  

ivy how interesting that also happens to  be mr steve's mother's name her name is ivy

number five mia

it almost sounds like the  the sound that a cat makes

of course famous actress mia farrow

very well known actress you don't see her very  much anymore but she's been in a lot of films  

a lot of big movies and where are we number  four number four ava really interesting  

ava a v a ava that's a simple one and at number  three eiler so i s l a is pronounced isla isla

and isla i think it's a scottish name i might be  wrong there it is i think it's a scottish name  

isla and at number two amelia how this  is fascinating by the way i can't believe  

that these names are being used now amelia  so this also sounds like a very old name  

an old-fashioned name amelia there was  of course a famous woman many years ago  

called amelia earhart and she flew off one day  in an airplane and she was never seen again  

she vanished and to this very day no  one knows what happened to her not one

and at number one the most popular girl's name  given to babies last year newborn baby girls  

olivia olivia again i i'm not sure why  are there any famous people called olivia  

i suppose i can think of i can  think of one olivia newton john but  

but but not many people nowadays have heard of  her because she was around in the 1970s and 1980s  

olivia very interesting so there they are the  top 10 names for baby boys and also baby baby  

girls this list was compiled last year so  these are all names given during that time

yes it's very interesting how how different names  are given in different parts of the world so what  

about where you are are there any popular names  many names that we use here such as john david  

so they are common names i suppose i would  describe those as names that are given commonly  

to people i have steve here steve is another one  steve or stephen common name and also very popular

serena are there any royal names for the girls  

i think elizabeth whenever i think of royal names  i always think of elizabeth i think elizabeth  

has a very regal sound it sounds royal don't you  think elizabeth a victoria that's another one  

victoria and i think victoria is  also a nice name victoria elizabeth  

so those are two good ones oh christina thank you  christina for reminding me olivia de havilland a  

famous movie actress from many years ago you  are right yes well done thank you christina  

for reminding me of that as well fly away  says what about ava gardner another actress  

who is no longer around but she was in many many  movies i think in the 1950s maybe late 40s 1950s  

so that's good yes yes good well done i  will be going in a moment before i go of  

course i am going to give you the answer to the  anagram that has been sitting on my microphone  

all through this live stream i'm going to give you  the answer in a moment and i hope you got it right  

did you get it right i hope so here it  comes then here is the answer to today's

anagram on my microphone coming up right now  i told you it was three separate words this  

is something that might be a good piece of  advice for those learning english here it is  

ah build your confidence build your confidence  to build your confidence is to do something  

that you feel more happy or more relaxed when  you are doing it for example learning english  

and i think one of the hardest parts of learning  english is confidence especially when it comes to  

to speaking the language to saying words to  speaking in front of anyone really native speakers  

or maybe just your friends in your local area it  can be difficult at first but as i always say the  

more you do something the more confident you will  feel doing it and the more confidence you become  

the more you enjoy doing that thing and slowly  over time your confidence will grow it will build  

practice and doing things  every day practicing new words  

maybe you can practice in front of the mirror  and and watch yourself whilst using english  

you can use your phone to record your voice or  maybe your face you can record yourself as you  

are using english so there are many ways  of building your confidence and yes it is  

a very important part of learning not only  english but anything to be honest anything at all

thank you very much for your company  i hope you've enjoyed this live stream  

it is much better than yesterday i was  very sleepy i was suffering from fatigue  

yesterday which basically means i was tired but  today i feel much better thank you very much  

that is a nice message mr duncan from your anagram  yes i think so i think that is a very nice message  

to take away build your confidence it is a great  way of improving anything that you are doing in  

your life it doesn't have to be english it can  be anything at all building your confidence  

learning to enjoy the things that you are doing  is a very good way of becoming more competent  

thank you very much thank you beatriz i will see  you again tomorrow yes i am back with you tomorrow  

from 2 p.m uk time and i hope you will join me  tomorrow it is wednesday tomorrow and we will be  

halfway through the week so i hope you will join  me tomorrow from 2pm uk time and we will do this  

all over again i can't believe that i've been  here for almost one hour today so this was not  

really a quick fix it was actually a one hour long  english addict anyway i hope you've enjoyed it  

i will see you tomorrow take care everyone i  will give you one of my super duper special waves

catch you tomorrow i hope to see you all here and  we will do this all over again yeah is that good  

news i hope so this is mr duncan in the birthplace  of english saying thanks for joining me today as  

we approach three o'clock have a good day wherever  you are in the world stay happy keep that smile on  

your face and i will see you tomorrow and of  course you know what's coming next yes you do

ta ta for now