Jan 30, 2018

If you haven't heard the news, we’re going to be grandparents in the next few months. So of course, the most important thing we have to decide is the names we want this new kid to call us.

Today on the program we’ll detail all the names we’ve considered, settling on a few we’d be happy with. We found a few lists of trendy names for grandparents, and a lot of them are just silly. Which we kinda like. Here are the ones what we’re considering, some more or less seriously than others:

• Ace
• Bama
• Bebop
• Bibi
• Big Daddy
• Biggie D
• Bobo
• Dabado
• Dally
• Faux Mau
• G-Man
• Gigi
• Ginja
• Gogo
• Grandiose
• Granette
• Granite
• Grammy
• Khun bpoo
• Khun yaa
• Lala
• M’dear
• Mellowman
• MoreDaddy
• Nooni
• NaNa
• NotherMother
• Panda
• Pebbles
• Rocky
• Slick

But as we’ve no practical experience, we’re asking you, the listener, to chime in on our choices. Maybe you even have something in mind that keeps the special “ShEvo-ness” inside? Listen in and let us know in the comments.

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Ridiculous But Funny Computer-Automated Transcription Of This Audio

If computers struggle with English, they really have a tough time with Thai. Luckily we didn't use much in this episode, so we probably didn't burn out PodcasterPro's logic board. But as usual, the results are quite funny. Read on and see if any of this makes sense. (Spoiler: it won't.)

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Who trusts infants with any effect, let alone naming you that would will be called for the rest of your life. I don't think so. Oh, home one zero This one drawn us one this. No, this morning. This one siree. Oh my God. Just one time. The other question this week, my love, And this one comes from general by the name of net Banjul from Arizona. And he ask is very simple question. What's the one thing that might make us give up this life of living abroad and moved back to America? That's a great question. Nothing new thinks for asking, I'm She Ledee and I am Ibo Tara. We are Shiboh and you are listening to this one time, the podcast. If you haven't figured it out yet, people. And I don't know how you manage to do that, but I guess as possible, maybe you just consume this in podcast warm. I suppose that's pupils. No follow us. Not everybody Follows us. Nerve annual is Our son. He in you might have heard us referred to him has in Jhang. He is our kid and NJ didn't listen to a conversation I had with him some sixteen years ago. <laughter> I think he did because otherwise he It would this would have happened a long time ago. That is true. How do you want to just quickly answer the question? And then we could get onto the rest of the program. Sure. In July, You're going to be really, really old And that's not your birthday greenery really, really old because you're going to be a grandfather. And that is the answer to the question. The only thing which would make us give up this life of traveling abroad.

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Is have been grab marriage and I'm super excited. I'm getting super excited <laughter>. I am certain learn that, so Yeah. So here's here's the deal kids I we're gonna be grandparents. Uh, which means we're moving back to America. So yeah, we're doing that. But instead of us talking about as moved back to America, what I thought we would do on the program today, my love is come to an agreement on a very important topic. Net very important topic is, how do we wish to be referred to as an additional generation above parent grandparents? I'm sure yours is wet Mac Daddy or something like that. Well, I have been giving it some thoughts on warming up to the idea. My family has a lilies. In my generation, We had a relatively street bore word naming Convention for four grandparents. Okay? Because like like, almost everyone out there listening, although certainly not everyone, but the vast majority of people have two sets of grandparents be biologically speaking you. Every one has two sets of grandparents. You have your maternal grandmother and grandfather, and you have your paternal grandmother and Ron father. For me. Both of my grandmothers were grandma. Okay. And my grandfather's one, My my paternal grandfather was grandad. Okay, and My maternal grandfather was grandpa. Okay, So our And that was it. So pretty straightforward and simple. If you go back, I only had one great grandparent. Okay, That was around. And that was My maternal maternal.

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Grandfather So my my my maternal his father was still alive and he was poppa Charlie. Okay, But I don't think he was always pop. I think that came because pop Charlie had 9 kids. At a unlike the age of four and that they all bread like rabbits like right out of the womb. So they had to have some sort of a discerning factors of a couldn't do to be a simple Grandma and Grandpa. My grandparents were each had had Wall Yet. My my mom and my dad each have their own individual sibling. So I have one aunt, my mom's sister, and I have another aunt, my dad sister. So it gets a lot simpler when you have single digit children, as opposed to, you know, a gaggle hits. That's what mind recalled, what were you or what were the grandparents called and your family historically, my love so that they range arm. A lot of times just to one another, It's Graham grandma for me to one another two as I'm speaking to them Obote when you referred to them. Oh yeah, Just call them grandma gas-tank CIA. And so my I want your grandfather's. Well, that's eight gets kinda complicated because I don't have just. One set for each I have step an remarried, and I dunno my family gets a little crazy. So if I were wouldn't get crazy, They just get divorced easily. Do they do? Um, and so I've got I've got one that I called Graham pu.

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As it ran, who was a grand who grand pu grand, Which sounds like Grant pu because letters in the Latin after a terrible but that was last week's episode. Sorry. So, um, I also I call my Graham, my my dad's Mon, Graham, An and I also she had a couple of different names. Grandma Lois, grandma Jerry. Well, right. That's also age divorce quickly. And we changed the name a lot. I have no idea what happened that equations. Like, Please continue. Um, most of them though, were were named just with, you know, they're, they're grandma and their name. So like Burma Kathy. Okay. Um, but my debt, my mom's Dad was poppa and nuts that I was the first grandchild. So I, I think I'm the one that kinda gave that. And in his second wife was Granny. Okay. Um, but beyond that I think they were all just grandma icy on my dad's side. All my dad's second wife. Uh, that's that's a Granny situation, right? Her My, my stepmother, Linda, while she is grandma to our son rate, she is granny to my sisters children's yet, that because that's what runs in her family, We took my love of the approach with NJ to just use grandma or Grandpa and throw another name on the yet. And there were the last name. No, there's always the first thing. Yeah, I don't know. The new ones still. Does that? Yeah, I don't. I don't think so. And and I mean there was no double name so late. There weren't two hyphenated majori. No, I mean like two Kathy's are too low. I. Yes, yes. Yes, yes. It. The first name of each of his at grandparents was unique, at least in that sets array of just referred to them. Although he didn't referred to her as grandma Terry.

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No, he referred to her as grandma frog because our family as weird as she less edit, beginning his conversation, my mom likes frauds and clearly. Particular name interestingly enough, though. My sister on my mom's aside when she had kids, the first of her child came for a long time listeners of the show notice kid His name is Caesar twisty, mix Pennington <laughter>. Thank you, definitely. Doc for naming him properly out when winner wind twisty came out and started referring to his grandmother. It wasn't any of those. It was Granny was. It wasn't a grandma was an grams was none of that stuff. It was Markelle. I'm mock. I don't even know the the why? No, one knows why <laughter>. So what we are doing on this program here is we are heading this off at the pass nipping it in the bud, We are going to select a race. I'm going to select the appropriate moniker that I shall be name from, because who trusts infants with NFA let alone naming you. That would you will be called for the rest of your life. I don't think so. These kids have no experienced literally, no experience. They don't get to pick mining. Can I pick your new? No. 'cause I can had import. That's why we're to do on the program here I got. I think we should ask for listeners to call and not here, and we'll go through over there. This might be a washout window Oliver our favorites. Feel free to chime that what you think I wanna start with you First. My love because that are the best You are the first most important thing. You're always them the right Chandler people's ears. There's a reason for all these lenses.

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I want to start with you, So I found a website that shows not just you know, we had baby books twenty six years goes like a ruined us today, but now there are grandparent books, and there are sites Now that list not just traditional names, but also trendy names. I saw those. So that's what I went through. I don't know how we chat about a few of those. So so I have you ever use thrower there at relatively long list. So there are first off, If you if I am about to pick your name and skewer it, I'm going to apologize in advance, but it's one of those, sorry not sorry situation. This is what I'm trying to avoid. There is a reason why we typically talk about things before we go on this show and we didn't this. How about how about Obama for a grandmother name Bama? No buyers because I am not from Alabama. We would just call you roll. You can't have that. You can't be from a Middle America college football center of world, but our family is still in and use Bama. No, unless you happen to be from Alabama ice on Obama. No Bammer How 'bout Dally or doll Let's not Dolly's D A L L Y, which I can only assume is pronounced Dally. Now it's too close to its a shorten way of saying Dallas. So now bowel. Wasn't even thinking about that. Okay Dally dilly-dally whose when I understand what you Tehran mayor yachts be called Dally Dally wide Delhi. I don't understand why makes no sense whatsoever. Now, here's this. Why do like gin jet, G, N J A gin jet, which I assume this out brands ginjinha. I kinda like that when jet injure Ghenda. IT that I could begin jet. Yeah. And then when they could get all of gyping me, the gander.

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Had been situation boy bring McGinn SIA's rheumatism medicine. Waterbombing Ginza injure. How about Go go, go, go. I I don't hate it. It's not my favorite. We'll take that. Get the tide land. Show one Agung at all about go or her. What are what is going to be alright, vague. One of the courageous ones, I've seen it as looked in your eyes when you're saying over lentil layer of these are completely insane. Grandiose that I could do. Who wants to be Listen, I I had an ego, Do not be misunderstand the factor. I have an eagle. I do not expect a child. The call me grandiose and how are they pronouncing it? Because seriously, a two year old pronouncing grandiose. Well, they can they're all there are they control their tongue? You can't. But take a rather Tom liberal There are grandiose, so they can make all this out. And the OECD pre pig word I love it. It's pretty pick were lower level of. And then there's now this is also a possibility. It's kind of sound funny, but let it sink in for a minute. GrandMet or grand debt. So not a grandma, but like a grand little grand because you're a little. You're not big grand that. No ran debt. Granite, No. Grand mini. No. Okay. Grand net Noil move on. Okay. How about mid-year? Miss <laughter>. Dear him, a posture of the D E A R meant the you're okay At the guy like at four the grandchild to call me that you are meeting.

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ICI icy I say I have two others. I have three others, which I'm relatively certain on. You're not going to go for a one is a full ma. And it was spelled O f AU ex <laughter>? Hey, you folks fake mother? No. No, no, no, no, no. How 'bout mother, mother <laughter>. Your Chun's when to reappropriate three culture not happening there or finally pebbles, pebbles, pebbles, as in like, bam, bam. Bam. I guess where you have Bama and then pebbles, but pebbles is on the list as a grandmother name. Why did it slip in from a toddler name? I don't understand why don't you there. So no, you know, like any of us Now what? What? What do you like Then? So I have a list of a couple that are couldn't interesting. And La la, your mom mentioned La, La, La, La. She did mention that. I like that one. Nana. And I my not solely as though only owes right in town yet, China Chinatown Nana not soy Naina. Banco. And I don't mind Grammy Grammy Really. I don't mind Murray. Okay. Who I know that has users the Grammy. I think Debbie. Oh, that's writer is dead water. That's who is GAM. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Moasher M G G, which is a Ukrainian Way of Saint grandma, unfamiliar with the GG So yes, I believe that Ueki George, Rob has talked about this before as GG or at least I know someone else of easily. The NSA is dissent. The Simpsons used CGI offer in less her moms name, Israeli duty.

00:14:18
April. Yeah. Okay. Maybe so Atarot apes Douglas Dillon, new new Ni. I like that one because it's very similar to Neuner. You can have your new he had once I have my Neuner. Emily Lau maybe were gonna skip that one. And uh Bibi is Soir Healy Bibi is SWAT Healy. Bibi. Bibi. Bibi. Bibi Yeah. Yeah. Maybe. Maybe maybe yet it's easy to say. Yes, very simple, easy pushes. I also thought maybe we could look at like the Thai words. Oh yes. I actually have a couple of those, Linda. What did you come up with? I would. I would. I can't wait to hear your pronunciation of these tie words. I can't wait for you to make fundamental, make fun of you. I'm just wanna correct. You. Same thing for you anyway. So the maternal is ya. Y, yes, it at Yarra Yarra nets If wits maternal But paternal. So it would come from 'cause it'll be Yeah, I if it was the maternal maternal, Oh nearby Nicaragua. Ya wa is a right one accurate. Yeah. So then I didn't write down with the male. That grandfather, Why have that? Okay Woodward out online yet. We're on you right now we're talking about that's it. That's all I have for me. So he is anything stick out as what you should be. I liked GG Aliji. And I like Bibby Emery Lake. Lola best. Those are your choices listener. I'm gonna go through my listed a moment when world than we'd love to hear feedback from you. One which one of these names You think we should? I had two for you. Well, let's get to me. You wanna do you first unity me first who who is going to go through that list First, You only have to show your simpler. So let's a I think you should go through your first, so some of these are amazing light.

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Ace No delays. I I tried to change one aimed As when I was like seven. You Kelly. You're going to near fifty bigger the kiss army of that also wanted to be called eight days Call me ace. Not that go over that, not called ace. So. How 'bout big daddy. I like the concept, the big daddy when I first I want all. That's cool, big daddy, because it makes sense at one level up. I mean, it's not signed who terribly strange armies. These kids going to have a daddy, And I be one over one Lamenting a big daddy. But then I remember that I've watched Django one chained one or terminate on us. I rate and I don't want to be big that is getting away and be shot med wreck. We bed. So big, daddy is probably not out. There is also a similar one of the big ED. I don't think you're in the culture. Forget, I don't think I'm Street And after PERA or not, the beginning Look. How about Dabbagh do DAPA do as in the Yaba? You can be Jaba. Could be had added. Do. Of course, Jaba in Thailand has methamphetamines were published news that were to happen at a new Avenue that would limit to start calling need Abedee do. Now the obvious one was Ji-Man. But I was t- man, for a very long time, So Ji-Man man will be right there together that Melo man. Now that was like I'm selling the kid, We'd mind a grand apparent, And by the way, you are not Melo middleman, The Ghalmi man, yellow, That's right. You now move on more daddy.

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More daddy, his listed on the trendy list of grandfather names more daddy. That's ridiculous. I'm with you. How about Rocky <laughter>. Are you gonna fight or slick? Having a rock slid Aldo into one category when east Iraqi loose slick <laughter> These are all like, you know, seven hilas east side of Manhattan, name somebody wants to be Rights EMU At Ace, Rocky and slick some great cigarette. Sandra Now, a couple more. That are interesting and I I'm kind of onto a little bit a granite. No grand not not granite. That would be you, but I be so I think if I am granite as in stone and you are grand, That would be awesome. We're going to go see granite. Granite and granite. Granite and granite. I think that's great. There's some symmetry, their works. No one would have any idea what the kid was saying. It's great. No. How about Panda? I liked Panda. It starts of the PA and into the dog, and I think you know, you got some ones that we can mixes together, make Panda out of it, and then wrote pendants penned. Definitely an option to the moon started me though. Now, give me, give me your options. My I have two Okay. I have Bobo Bobo That clown or the push him When there. And my last royal G. Is bebop bebop twist at buffet for yank it or whatever that a close game was bebop. Peba. I I didn't really play that much bebop music back in the day. So I don't know that matter You are now bebop. Are going to get back the type things. So element here because we have spent a couple of years in Thailand as part of the who we actually get OBEs tattoo from Thailand at him. And also with my grandfather incorporated into said tattoo from Thailand So there's there's something here with that. So yes, you are correct. Yours is Ya. Ya Ya Scott camp to age and they're going to transport them. Yeah. And the version for a tunnel grandfather in Thailand is pool who pool almost like a P but only hit the P really Horn. But here's the cool thing. It's not I mean extra shortened version. But the more formal version, anything in Thailand as you put Kuhn in front of it, right. So I would be qu'une pool which almost Grandpa who who Mboup annual.

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Be KUNA Young Hwa at whole coin Yongam poll. Oh and updates the get to say a properly later I going to do. Whoo. Teach them the right way to say it will be an an an aim Here's a cool thing. We can teach them how to write it. I didn't hear it. I didn't hear it while I could. I could do it at. Yeah, I'm Mike in this idea. That's gonna be interesting, So that that is my first thought. But I might think my fault if I get to really make a choice You want to do in in in our kids because we have to deal with what, what our child, once he's gonna be the father of this thing to a certain degree, Quicken obviously. You know what form of words sub circular other goodness of Burt, but he on an adorns Milton rubbed with. But I think my default is going the other way I'm thinking of leaning heavily towards is just simply grandfather. Okay. No grandpa, no grand dad know Grant snow grandpappy. He's none of those things. But that's a very grandma bother. It's very formal entered, don't think you're in it has to be said with the gravitas like that every tire grandma father hold on. Hold on yet. I'm getting a message. You're foolish. That's what I'm thinking. We should stay where it's either ACL. Ooh, look when Ja grandfather and G G, you don't even say Your name right? Grand friend father, G G G, G, G, and when Paul.

00:21:56
Yeah. Well, there you go Kids, we're going to be grandparents and in July, and we would like for you to help us figure out what did name we should be called is an don't mistake. What's happening here. We're going through all of these and we completely get that the child may not make this choice, and that's fine. We will force this choice armed Chad. I <laughter>. Because what other purpose do we serve other than forcing children to do what is right and good? Weird all the time crazy. Hey, if you have questions for us. Like Now what Ibo I'm assuming I'm going to get a lot of Well now what happens with the show evoke questions next week's Don't sweat. The show is continuing. We will continue to do podcasting even though yes, we are will eventually be leaving here. We are not leaving Thailand yet. We have weeks if not a couple of months that are still here. So we will continue to We will roll out the rest of this season. You those of you have been listening for a long time. No, that we change format every thirty shows issue. So we will hit our thirty in a show of our fourth season And in season five will follow along right behind that with a slightly different format or maybe a vastly different format. Hell We don't know yet, but I promise you that show will continue. So if time this departure pretty nailed it <laughter>.

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