hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England welcome to another live English stream.
Wow yeah here we go again it's Sunday it's a
fun day it's time to learn English day
hi everybody this is mr. Duncan in England how are you today are you okay
I hope so are you happy are you happy I really really hope so
so here we go again it's Sunday these Sundays seem to come around so quickly
and here is another one just to prove it it is Sunday the 5th of November a
brand-new month we are now into November and of course we all know what that
means we are just a few weeks away from Christmas but unfortunately we are not
allowed to mention Christmas just yet it's a little bit too early although
having said that I have started to put my Christmas lights up outside the house
this week I started doing it much to the amazement of my neighbors they all came
out to have a look because they are very curious I have some new neighbors now
living next door and they came out to have a look because they were very
intrigued by the fact that I'm putting up Christmas lights on the outside of my
house more about that in 2 or 3 weeks time but today we have a show to do we
are now as live as live can be lots of people already on the live chat oh my
goodness thank you very much for joining me can I just say once again I know I
said it last week because of course last week was a very special lesson it was a
lesson celebrating my 11th year on YouTube it is true I have been on here
teaching English for over 11 years years and of course last week we were
looking slightly different last week it was Halloween last week and as a way of
celebrating it mr. Steve and myself we dressed up in fancy Halloween costumes
but of course as you can see I am now back to normal this week well as near to
normal as possible so the live chat is now up in running hello - Julie G Julie
is the first one here today Thank You Julie for joining me it's so nice to see
you and it's it's very nice to see all of you here every single week thanks
once again for joining me I really do appreciate it
matt is here hello Matt Matt walu hello to you tea asses here hello tea ass so
good to see lots of my regular viewers Olga is also here hacking a seal farik
or furet is here as well Jana is here I'm so happy to see you
today mr. Duncan I love you so much thank you very much for your kind
message when you hello when you I believe when you is new here today so
welcome welcome to my live stream my name is Duncan and I teach English right
here on YouTube and of course every Sunday I am here live for those who are
watching now I am actually live it is coming up to 10 minutes past 2:00 on a
Sunday afternoon it's Sunday the 5th of November remember
remember the 5th of November gunpowder treason and plot more about that later
on yes Lyn is here hello yes Lyn
also ant rad hello it's a long time since I've watched your last online
video welcome back aunt rad nish aunt is also here hello
Nishant thanks for joining me today apparently Nishant hasn't been watching
my live streams for a long time but Nishant says it's good to be back it's
good to have you back when you is here hello when you ah yes I was right yes I
am right I am spot-on I am correct when you is new here so welcome when you you
are a rookie Rookie that's a great woman by the way if
someone is describing themselves as a rookie it means they are new or they are
a beginner Sandra Hodge is here hello Sandra I
haven't seen you for a very long time where have you been
a big howdy from France mr. Duncan and also to mr. Steve good afternoon
everyone to all those who are watching this Sunday live English yes it is live
and it's Sunday the 5th of November xn is here ciao from Rome a big hello to
Rome apparently at the moment at the moment at the moment it is raining at
the moment at the moment den tran van says mr. Duncan you look like a vampire
what do you mean now do you mean at this moment in time I look like a vampire or
are you talking about last week I'm not sure rose smells I'm Bella hello Bella
and this is my nickname ah I see I think you are pre-empting today's questions
because we have some questions coming today including the mystery idioms we
have some special mystery idioms for you to solve today also we have
some questions as well including do you have or do you know someone do you know
someone or do you know someone or do you have a nickname so that is today's
question do you or someone you know have a nickname is your name ever abbreviated
or shortened so apparently Bella has a nickname and her nickname is Bella but
what is that short for is it short for something
is that an abbreviation so that's one of today's questions do you have a nickname
so a nickname is a name that people give you normally relating to something about
your personality or maybe sometimes it is a play on your name so maybe your
name is rearranged somehow so today we are talking all about nicknames do you
have a nickname or do you have a name that you call one of your friends maybe
sometimes a nickname can be very rude or impolite for example I had a friend at
school who always used to he used to fart a lot and some of my classmates
used to call him farty pants it's true so sometimes the nickname that is given
can be very rude or very personal analytic brain is here
hello mr. Duncan how are you how are things going not too bad thank you very
much I've had a very busy week during the week I was outside on the front of
my house putting up the Christmas lights of course every year I always do that
and this year is no exception so thank you for joining me today
analytic brain Kim is here oh sorry I've lost you where have you gone
the problem with the live chat is sometimes it jumps ahead and sometimes
our I lose track of the names Quang is here Valeo zaakira
Elk Luciano Francisco is here as well thanks for joining me today
ta Fatiha abdullah leonardo wow so many people already are with me live today of
course the big question must be what was the view like this morning what was the
view from my window like here it is now so this is the view that greeted me this
morning it is quite cloudy today we have had a lot of rain so far today and it's
very cloudy also it's very cold as well it really does feel as if winter is on
the way is it getting cold where you are because I know in some countries it is
very cold in fact in certain parts of Europe already they are having snow I'm
so jealous I can't believe it already there are people having snow I'm very
jealous so if you are having snow at the moment can I just say now that I am
feeling very envious of you because I'm really looking forward I'm hoping that
this year we have some snow here in the UK because last year we had nothing we
had no snow last year so last winter was very mild which which was very
disappointing indeed if I was honest with you
yo van is here hello yo van good afternoon
your lesson from last week was amazing really did you see last week did you see
last week's livestream you didn't ah why not okay for those who missed it here is
the whole of last week's livestream in 26 seconds
maybe beep you dude it is a special day today because today is do you know what
day it is today today is November the 5th it is a special day more about that
later on there is a special festival taking place
today here in the UK it is something called Guy Fawkes Day or of course we
can say Guy Fawkes night so tonight across the UK many people will be
setting fire to large piles of wood they will also be letting off fireworks as
well so lots of things going on today for November the 5th I will explain more
about that later on of course we can't talk about the weather without talking
all about autumn and right now autumn oh goodness me what can I say what can I
say about autumn but I can say one thing very clearly and that's that autumn is a
very beautiful season so here are some shots that I filmed this week some
little scenes of autumn oh isn't that beautiful as you can see the leaves are
changing they're turning many of them are falling to the ground and there it
is there is the view this week taken during one of my walks here in Much
Wenlock many people ask mr. duncan where are you where do you live I live in a
place called Much Wenlock and look oh isn't that beautiful
our people who don't have it but for me I love the seasons I love winter I love
spring I love summer and also I love autumn as well beautiful seasons
here in the UK and they're the trees looking very lovely I oh I always think
that autumn is a very magical time of year what do you think do you like
autumn do you have autumn where you are some
people don't of course of course the downside of autumn is that it can get
very cold at this time of the year and right now it is freezing freezing cold I
must say it really does feel as if winter is on the way it really does so
we have lots of things to show you as I've mentioned already I do make
English lessons right here on YouTube and they are available on my YouTube
channel also you can find all of my lessons
under this video so beneath this video you can see all of my lessons they are
under this video all of my playlists because a lot of people do ask they ask
where are your lessons mr. Duncan we can't find them so just have a look
under the video and you will find all of the playlists so we have the mystery
idioms coming very soon but let's take a look at one of my English lessons this
is taken from full English number 13 and it features one of my most favorite
times of the year so let's forget all about the cold weather because now it is
time to relive the summer months
can you see what sort of day it is here today is a hot day it is a Midsummer's
day this seasonal period is when the days are at their longest and quite
often their hottest a hot day can be described in many ways it's a scorching
day it's scorching hot today it's a sweltering day to swell tip is to
feel uncomfortably hot it's baking hot today it's burning hot this sort of
weather makes me feel all sweaty and sticky if you stay out in the Sun too
long you will burn your skin will turn red from the sun's ultraviolet radiation
too much exposure to harsh sunlight will literally burn your skin which can lead
to serious health issues later ironically exposure to UV light is
necessary for the production of vitamin d2 in the human body
so a hot day like this can be described as hot scorching sweltering dry baking
the extreme heat is overwhelming oppressive harsh and unbearable
oh my goodness I'm so thirsty I feel parched I'm gasping for water to
refresh yourself by drinking something cold is to quench your thirst
your thirst is the need and the drink is what will satisfy that first we can also
use the word thirst to show the desire to do something or to obtain something
beneficial you can have a thirst for knowledge a thirst for social
interaction we can also use the need for food hunger as an idiom for want and
desire i hunger for your soft embrace I'm hungry for success both hunger and
thirst are often feelings that need to be satisfied that's better
there can be no doubting just how hot it is today it is so hard to escape the
heat by the way the word heat can relate to other things besides temperature we
can use heat as an idiom for danger or trouble let's wait here until the heat
has died down to feel the heat means to be aware of possible dangers or an
approaching situation that might cause you trouble we can say that the heat is
on which means that a tough situation is happening then there is things are
really heating up now this means that there is tension and maybe a sense of
excitement in the air to be in hot water means to be in
serious trouble then there is a heat which is around in a contest or
competition a part of a contest can be called a heat
congratulations mr. Duncan you are through to the next heat
ah this is a much better place to be standing if you want to escape the harsh
sunshine then you will need to find a nice shady place in which to hide from
those nasty UV rays you need to shade yourself from the Sun whenever possible
a shady spot gives you relief from the sunshine and the heat the word shady can
also mean suspicious or untrustworthy we can describe a person we don't trust as
being shady a shady character is a person who should not be trusted a shady
deal is an exchange or business deal that is being dishonestly carried out
there are many ways to keep yourself cool on a hot day a quick way of doing
this is to use one of these this is an electric fan a set of blades rotate to
produce a flow of refreshing air very nice when you need to feel cooler
without making much effort a fan can also be something you used to cool
yourself off with by waving it while tolling it in your hand any large flat
object can be used as a fan such as a piece of cardboard or a magazine or even
one of mr. Duncan's old flip-flops on second thoughts I think I'll stick with
the electric fan it's much less effort
like shoes and socks with shorts oh what a fashion faux pas they appear
so odd together when looked at from afar shorts with black shoes and socks should
never ever be seen even if you squint the sight is still quite obscene black
shoes and socks with shorts please be off and make it quick
as those black shoes socks with shorts are making me feel quite sick
sadly that is all I have time for today yes another full English lesson has come
to an end don't worry though because I will see
you very soon for full English number fourteen yes it's true
this is mr. Duncan in a hot and sweltering England which just happens to
be the birthplace of the English language saying to you thanks a lot for
watching me teaching you and of course until next time
Tatar for now
of course I'm not going anywhere there it was full English number 13 from
2015 so I hope you enjoyed that of course I like to show you some of the
highlights from my lessons because I have been here now for 11 years making
my English videos and there are many videos that some of you might have
forgotten about or maybe there are videos that you haven't seen before so
that is the reason why I like to play some of my old videos during my
livestream so I hope you enjoyed that and I must admit I did enjoy looking at
the sunshine there it is nice sometimes to think of a happy summer's day don't
you think it can transport you away somewhere lovely when in reality it's
cold outside so I did enjoy that we will be looking at another lesson very soon a
lesson talking all about fire and also Guy Fawkes who was Guy Fawkes and why
are we talking about him today all will be revealed a little bit later on ts is
on the live chat ts says it's very weird mr. Duncan I was watching your
livestream at 8 p.m. local time but last week and now it is airing at 9
p.m. the reason is because we have changed the clocks here in the UK we
have altered the time so we have gone back one hour so the time difference in
some countries will be different now I know it confuses everyone it confuses me
as well I was very confused last week because I forgot to put the clocks back
so I got myself into a big mess last week because I forgot
to do it so yes the time difference has changed because we have moved the clocks
back one hour that actually happened last week last
weekend Jana is here Oh Jonah says I have a nickname it is Joe Joe that is
one of the questions we are asking today do you have or does someone you know
have a nickname is your name abbreviated so sometimes we can give a person a
nickname so the nickname is an alternative to their given name or of
course you can just abbreviate your given name so the name that you were
born with the name you were christened with or the name that your parents gave
to you sometimes we will abbreviate it for example David David becomes Dave so
hi Dave instead of hi David so you can quite
often abbreviate names and of course you can also have nicknames as well later on
we have mr. Steve coming oh yes mr. Steve will be here live at 3 o'clock
there he is from last week so mr. Steve was here last week he was dressed up for
Halloween and he will be back today at 3 o'clock live with me in the studio but
take a look at the picture you can see now on the screen I think mr. Steve in
this photograph he looks a little bit like that do you remember that kid that
kid who was dressed as a zombie and he said I like turtles
I think mr. Steve last week reminds me of that kid I don't know why when I saw
mr. Steve last week I thought to myself wait a minute
I think mr. Steve is copying that guy that that kid the turtle kid from the
viral video on youtube so i think mr. steve looks a little bit like like that
kid on the left what do you think do you think there's a similarity I'm not
really sure anyway mr. Steve will be here today at 3 o'clock hopefully he
will not be wearing his Halloween costume I think he will be looking
normal today well nearly normal nearly normal Luciano
is here hello Luciano hello to you Luciano says
it is Isabella or Bella oh yes of course because Bella is often a shortened
version of Isabella yes I think so or I think sometimes it can also be Belinda
as well I think so so I think Belinda and Isabella can actually be shortened
to Bella I'm just looking at the live chat it is moving very quickly so many
people today Bloody Mary is here hello Bloody Mary I haven't seen you for a
long time on Kinney is here as well who is on Kinney I get the feeling that Arne
Kinney might be someone famous I think so yes Rose smells says Isabella is my
real name so Bella is the shortened version of Isabella I understand that
very good hello mr. Duncan from Vietnam well I have a lot of people watching in
Vietnam at the moment Israel si says yes I have one del del is my
nickname my family have called me this beef
I was born so your nickname is Dell but is it short for something so is Dell the
shortened version of another work another name for example Derek so the
name Derek can often be shortened to Dell Dell Jarrah is here enjoying the
view from my window thank you very much Janna for that or we have Hong Kong
watching as well mousing chan is here hello mal and a big hello to everyone
watching in Hong Kong at the moment apparently Luciano says the weather is
the same here today it is oh it is it is good you are having good weather today
I'm very jealous we are having terrible weather here in England today it's
raining it's been raining all day Lucas is here hello Lucas watching in Brazil
two more hellos mr. Adam hello mr. Adam who were you I've never seen you here
before mr. Adam says nice t-shirt thank you
very much and finally is a car oh how is it going I'm so happy just that this is
my first time for me to catch your live video stream well as a career
you are welcome thank you very much for saying hello today so let's have a look
at the mystery idioms here they come - mystery idioms I will show you two
pictures all you have to do is tell me what the idioms are they are well-known
expressions in English and all you have to do is tell me what they are and here
is the first mystery idiom right now oh that's an interesting one something very
unusual so there is today's first mystery idiom just say what you see it
is a well-known expression in English and of course I will give you
the answers later on and here is the second mystery idiom oh yes I must say
my photoshop skills are getting very very good what do you think do you think
my Photoshop skills are good I think I'm getting better now at Photoshop I really
do so there is the second mystery idiom and here is the first one again for
those who missed it but what are they what are today's mystery idioms and here
is the second one again just in case you missed it
but what are they if you think you know what they are let me know because I
would love to hear from you come on don't be shy
type some words type a sentence send me a message now on the live chat don't be
afraid it's all right yes today today is bonfire night so many people tonight
will be lighting bonfires it is November the 5th remember remember the 5th of
November gunpowder treason and plot but what is
it all about well I'm going to let you know what it's all about right now
because they're going to have a look at another one of my full English lessons
and in this lesson I will explain all about bonfire night and who Guy Fawkes
was
can you see what I'm doing today I'm preparing to light a fire I have some
old wood and garden debris to dispose of to start a fire you need some dry
material this will light easily paper is the most common material used or small
pieces of wood will also do the job the material used to start a fire is called
kindling you use kindling to start the fire
kindling establishes the fire there is also the word Kindle which means to
start a fire kindling is a noun while Kindle is a verb
I will use a match to start the fire I will strike the match and light the
paper this will start the fire the paper will ignite the word ignite comes from
the Latin word for fire we sometimes use the word pyro to describe something
related to fire for example a person who is addicted to starting fires can be
called a pyromaniac the most obvious part of a fire are the flames and smoke
can you see the flames the movement of the flames cannot be predicted flames
move randomly we can use the word lik to describe the movement of a fires flames
the flames licked around the doorframe a flame flickers we can describe the flame
on a candle as a flickering flame a flame can shimmer flicker glow dance
the fire I'm lighting today will be safely contained this container is
called an incinerator you burn things in an incinerator the inside of the
incinerator will become very hot to keep the fire under control I must put this
lid on it now the fire will burn steadily and remain safe the small hole
in the center of the lid allows the smoke to escape in a controlled way
just like the chimney on a house wood
fires are fun to watch but they can also be very dangerous especially if they get
out of control after the fire has gone out there is normally some debris left
this gray looking substance is called ash this is all that is left of what was
burned you can also put out a fire using water this action can be described as
extinguish you extinguish the fire you put the fire out
you have extinguished the flames the fire has been put out
here in the UK we have a tradition that involves lighting fires each year on
November the 5th people light large bonfires to commemorate the capture of a
group of men who were plotting to blow up the houses of parliament and kill the
then King of England in 1605 Parliament was and still is the meeting place of
the British government the plot however was foiled when Parliament officials
discovered one of the plotters a man named Guy Fawkes guarding the Gunpowder
this event became known as the Gunpowder Plot the celebrations take place every
November fifth it is known as Guy Fawkes night large bonfires are lit and
life-size effigies of Guy Fawkes are burnt on the fires fireworks are also
let off and quite often food such as baked potatoes are eaten there is a
rhyme that goes with this event - which begins remember remember the 5th
of November gunpowder treason and plot I see no reason why gunpowder treason
should ever be forgot
there it was so for those who didn't know what Guy Fawkes was all about Guy
Fawkes night bonfire night now you know we will be talking a little bit more
about that later on when mr. Steve joins us in around about 12 minutes time
yeah yeah mr. Steve will be here as live as live can be and a little bit later on
because the weather now is getting very cold as I mentioned earlier it's getting
very chilly here in England so a little bit later on we will be going into the
other room to light the log fire and as you can see I have I have some some logs
here ready to burn on the fire so that's another thing we'll be doing and I hope
you will stick around to the end of today's livestream because we will be
going outside to let off some fireworks it's true so please I hope you will stay
with us I hope you will stay with us right to the end of today's livestream
because we have something pretty awesome coming your way we will be having
fireworks outside to end today's livestream talking of fireworks do you
have any festivals in your country that use fireworks now I always think of
bonfire night or Guy Fawkes night or of course New Year celebrations so when the
New Year arrives lots of people will set off fireworks but I am going to ask you
individually do you have festivals that use fireworks and what are the special
festivals in your country that use them so if you have any special festivals in
your country so maybe something that isn't celebrated anywhere else please
let me know do you honey have any festivals that are celebrated in your
country also today we are asking do you or someone you know have a nickname does
someone or maybe yourself do you have a nickname or maybe a friend or relative
perhaps they also have a nickname meeker ode who is watching in Japan has sent me
a message and a live chat let's see if we can zoom in on that my nickname was
me which of course is short for Mika when I was a child and I was called poo
when I was at high school because I loved Winnie the Pooh of course we need
the Pooh the story of the bear who always liked to eat honey so Mika ODE
had a nickname at school but did you have a nickname at school or do you have
a nickname now we will be talking about nicknames later on and mr. Steve will be
revealing a very embarrassing nickname so the nickname that mr. Steve had when
he was at school he will be revealing it later and it is very embarrassing and
just to make things fair I will also be revealing my nickname
so my classmates at school also gave me a nickname something to do with my real
name in fact quite a few people are sending answers to the mystery idioms
let's have a look congratulations to Olga well done Olga you have I think
you've got both of them right there and also I read ass thank you very much
for sending your answer also Jamelia apparently Jamelia also has a nickname
Jamelia 'he's friends call her Jamie Jamie
Xena thank you very much for your answer as well there is the first mystery idiom
and there is the second one so they are today's mystery idioms but what are they
I have quite a few correct answers today well done well done to all those who are
getting involved hello to everyone my full name is Eleanor and my short name
is Lena or Lena when I was at school I had a
nickname it was wonk I think I should write that
down and actually just in case people think it it was something else so this
was this is Elinor's or Lena's nickname wonk but why I wonder why why was that
your nickname Thank You Lena for that Lena
or should I say Eleanor hi there says Valentin I used to know a guy in my
childhood with the nickname God because his parents were Christians oh maybe
they should have called him Jesus I think Jesus would have been probably
better thank you for fitness girl for your answer to the mystery idioms it's
very busy today by the way on the live chat so many people mr. Duncan do you
remember your days in China during the Chinese New Year oh yes I do
because during the Chinese New Year in China many people
set off fireworks it is a very noisy time of year during the Chinese New Year
and and of course in China they have these small red fireworks called
firecrackers and you light them and then lots and lots of explosions go off at
the same time they are ever so noisy they are really really noisy and
sometimes not everyone but some people would also let off firecrackers very
late at night sometimes they would throw them into the the area where the stairs
were and I remember just once in my apartment
someone actually let off some fireworks outside outside my apartment door they
were firecrackers very very noisy things indeed so yes I do remember my time in
China during the Chinese New Year let's just say it was a very noisy period of
time very noisy indeed mr. Steve will be here very soon
Julie G says an abbreviation of my name is Julie which of course sounds very
similar to your real name and the pronunciation Oh apparently it is
similar to prana okay I'm a bit I'm a bit confused there to be honest so you
can call me pran or you can call me jus Julie thank you very much for that Olga
says every year in my country we have Victory Day which is on the 9th of May
we have gorgeous fireworks all around the cities here in Russia so in Russia
they have a special fireworks celebration on the 9th of May and it's
called Victory Day Ellen er mr. Duncan lives in a cozy
house well I think my house is very cozy
especially when I light the fire and that's what we will be doing later we
are going to light the log fire mr. Steve and also me as well we will both
do it Igor or I gore is here hello Igor thanks
for joining me today in Jakarta apparently in Indonesia we usually use
fireworks to celebrate the wedding so if someone has a wedding party we will
normally set off fireworks I must admit we don't do that here
so we don't have fireworks during weddings I think that would definitely
scare the bride she would be very afraid I think and maybe the guests would be as
well Thank You TAS for that wow so many people joining in today on the live chat
thank you for joining me today I do appreciate it Flavia says yes mr. Duncan
we have many fireworks during our festivals we have many many festivals it
really is a very noisy time well to be honest here in England here in the UK
lots of people hate fireworks can you guess why can you guess why people hate
fireworks here in England and also across the UK can you guess why there is
one one particular reason why many people in this country hate fireworks I
will tell you later antoniou is here hello Antonio it is
Antonio in Brazil do people ever call you Tony I think that would be great
Antonio we could shorten that to Tony I suppose we could anyway if you don't
mind the new year is a good time for fireworks I agree
normally here in England especially in London
they have huge firework displays actually I'm just wondering because this
year of course you can see over there the clock tower Big Ben the Big Ben Bell
will not be ringing this year because of course there there is a lot of
maintenance taking place so they are repairing the clock tower at the moment
in London so it's being repaired so I'm just wondering what they are going to do
this year when the New Year arrives will they still have the Big Ben Chinese as
the New Year arrives I don't know I wonder if they will Luciano says
fireworks are noisy and can be very dangerous I agree with you that is true
but there is one particular reason here in England and across the UK why
people hate fireworks can you guess why people hate them
people do not like the noise or the sound of fireworks Thank You Neil for
that maybe it reminds them of the bombing during the Second World War
well I think that's a that's a that's a very good idea I think so but there is
another reason why many people hate fireworks can you guess why Jamelia says
here in Algeria we have fireworks on Independence Day which is on the fifth
of July ah okay here we go belarus belarus belarus eeeh well done
you are right yes there is one reason why many people complain about fireworks
and the answer is pets animals so many people get very very upset because when
the fireworks go bang their pets become very upset so that's very good thank you
very much for that look look at the time everyone we are a little bit late here
but he is here better late than never
that's what I say yes mr. Steve is on his way
King oh it's all go here today so many things going on it's been a very hectic
week I have been outside putting the Christmas lights on the house I think
some of my neighbors are very scared very worried especially my new neighbors
because they are not used to me yet so I think they are very worried about the
fact that I'm putting my Christmas lights up very early but the reason why
I do it is because the weather of course over the next few weeks will turn very
cold and wet so that's the reason why I'm doing it now whilst the weather is
not so bad talking of nice things talking of things
that make us feel good here he is everyone its mr. Steve hello
hello mr. Duncan I'd really like to say it's great to be
back with you here again this week I'd really like to say it of course I'm
excited to be back here again of course you're joking and yes and
we're much more pleasantly addressed this week after last week's a rather
scary outfit let's have a look at mr. Steve mr. Steve last week here we go
here is Steve last week that and and I was saying earlier that mr. Steve's
makeup looked a little bit like that boy who remembers that boy on YouTube but
the one that likes Turtles I think mr. Steve's outfit looked very
similar to him what do you think hey mr. Steve you're back again I'm back I what
I've got to say oh look at this exciting interesting backdrop I've got
yes it's developing every week what is that some kind of robot some upcoming -
a robot don't you know who that is is it r2d2 it's r2d2 from Star Wars July
I didn't say c-3po you'd have probably come over and hit me well you might not
believe this mr. Steve but when I was at school lots of people used to say that I
was like c-3po because I was very tall in thin and also also I used to move
around in a very strange way especially when I walked I don't know what they met
they meant by that but some of my friends used to describe me as looking
like c-3po oh I see Threepio human-cyborg relations
and this is my counterpart r2d2 very good mr. Duncan talking of nicknames yes
we are talking about nicknames today and many of my viewers have been sharing
their nicknames but now it is time for you mr. Steve or by the way you are
getting some very nice comments about your shirt this little thing I think
Amanda Amanda is very very impressed by your shirt hello Amanda
and Amanda likes it thank you very much maybe
Amanda's nickname is Mandy well that's an abbreviated form yes of the name very
nice name it is too particularly when she says that I've got a lovely shirt
this shirt is probably about 10 years old Oh Elinor also likes your shirt oh
thank you very much that's two fans and getting worried NAB it would just it
would appear that people people enjoy your dress sense more than mine
although no comment although that's nothing new really that's uh nothing new
so mr. Steve it is now time for you to share with us your nickname from school
now first of all we can we can shorten certain names can't wait we can indeed
yes for example for example your name my name yes my name is Steven with pH so
it's not Steven with V it's actually Steven with the P
and the H because you are very posh of course that's it the name Stephen if you
if your parents gave you the name Stephen with a pH in the middle you were
considered to be posh yes whereas if it just had a V in the middle
of it yeah you are a bit common but of course to many people many people call
you Steve everybody calls me Steve and I don't like it and of course an
interesting thing about abbreviated names is and I come across this a lot at
work particularly with with girls is that if you they often like to use an
abbreviated form of their word because if they use the full name it reminds
them of when their mother or father or parents were scolding them for being
naughty yeah that's true isn't it because because normally when parents
when parents scold their children they call them they're their full name they
give their whole name so I've got people to work and if I could for example
Samantha everybody calls her Sam but if I ever say Samantha oh don't call me
that she says that reminds me of when my mother used to scold me for being a
naughty girl so a lot of people don't like that most people I think prefer
that are abbreviated names because it reminds them of when their were naughty
as a child what I find anybody else out there got
the same experience we have had quite a few people giving us their nicknames and
also their abbreviated names but we have something more important to discuss so
when you were at school mr. Steve you want to avoid this when you were at
school yes now you have told me that your classmates gave you a very I think
it might be an insult but maybe maybe it's just a friendly fun way of
describing your name or all maybe that they have what they've done is actually
altered your name they've changed it slightly but what what exactly was your
nickname at school and please explain why okay so they used to call me harpic
at school they used to call me har pick topic because
that's very my surname is very similar to that and there was a particular
disinfectant used for cleaning toilets yes it's on the screen now called harpic
and it was it must have been when I was at school and they used to advertise it
a lot on the on the telly and I think it was a new product that had come out so I
used to be called har peak bog cleaner
because it's very similar to my surname so whether that's that was a very common
one that I was called it at school so your classmates used to call you har
pick yeah they didn't even shorten it they just called me har peak bog cleaner
and there you can see on the screen now there there it is between us on the
screen there is a bottle of har pick and you use that to clean out the toilet now
I don't I'm not sure if that is a nice nickname or or an insulting one but of
course the reason why they called you that is because your surname sounds very
similar to har pick it does and so sometimes when people give you nicknames
it's based on maybe a certain part of your character that they pick up on or
mannerisms but sometimes it can be something topical like an advert on
television or something going on on television okay just to be fair mr.
Steve we're now going to reveal my nicknames at school and my I had a
couple of nicknames there was another one that I'm not and I'm not going to
say because it was so rude if I if I gave you this particular nickname
YouTube would come along and they would say yeah yeah mr. Duncan you can't say
that on YouTube I'm sorry you're going to have to leave the building so and so
no no I'm not going to tell you what that one is but there are some I can
tell you for example some of my friends and in fact some of my family used to
call me dunk dunk dunk short for Duncan that's an
abbreviation would you say so that's okay I think dunk is okay so that was a
nickname of course also an abbreviation of Duncan which is my my real name a lot
of people don't think Duncan is my real name but Duncan is my name can we call
you mr. dunk yeah no no you can't call me mr. dunk I wish I would I would not
appreciate that let's just say and of course there was another nickname that I
had unfortunately this one is okay to say right and that is donkey doughnut
donkey doughnut in fact one of my one of my uncle's used to always call me donkey
doughnut so why did they call you donkey doughnut I think because it just sounds
fun so it wasn't abbreviated in fact it made my name probably three times as
long as it should be so so donkey doughnut was was what a lot of my
friends and also family especially one of my uncles would always call me donkey
doughnut wasn't there a product Dunkin Donuts or something wasn't available I
think you might be right there mr. Steve you might be yep you might be onto
something there so yes again a topical a topical product of its time that was
used to make fun of your name of you a nickname sugar we all know you right
lots of sugar mr. Duncan yes of course that you like doughnuts well okay there
mr. Steve is getting very carried away here by the way with all of this so that
was one of my nicknames let us not forget that mr. Steve nickname work was
a product that you use for cleaning out the toilet so before you pick on me for
my nickname don't forget mr. Steve's nickname was was a toilet cleaner
okay so ER so what there's no mistake there of course in English there are
lots lots of names that can be shortened and
abbreviated but in a moment we are going to talk about that but now we're going
to take a little break because we are going to light the fire in the living
room yes excitement the excitement have you
been building up the excitement with the viewers I have a better bet you can't I
bet you really can't wait that the cold nights are coming now this is something
we did yesterday so this thing you are about to see is not live but it's
something we did yesterday we went into the living room and we decided to light
the log fire and wasn't it fun and don't forget also at the end of today's
livestream we will be going outside to have an outdoor firework display a like
of which you have never seen before lots of banging lots of explosions too
to end today's livestream but right now we are going into the living room
because it's time to light the log fire see you in a bit hi everybody so here we
are now this is a place where we don't normally film but I thought because the
cold nights are coming now everything is getting very cold winter is definitely
on the way I thought it would be a good idea to show you how we normally light
the fire in here because of course the theme today is bonfire night bonfire
night and fire in general so here we are now mr. Steve first of all what why do
we have this this fire first of all in the house because to be honest with you
I wasn't a big fan mr. Steve wanted to have a fire in the house a log fire but
whereas I thought it was a waste of time so so why did you want one mr. Steve
well a fire is homely it makes you feel comfortable at home secure safe in the
cold weather the winter approaching and also if the central heating breaks down
you've got a backup because living in the middle of nowhere as as mr. Duncan
does here yeah then you need a backup in case the
heating breaks down and it's just nice to have a fire it's like everybody likes
a fire it's sort of a primeval sort of basic instinct that we like to burn
things when I have a fire we feel safe goes back to to the thousands of
millions of years when people lit fires to protect themselves against the wild
animals so yes it's a primeval sort of inbuilt
instinct to want a fire and I like a fire okay there is something I agree
with you there there is something quite fascinating about watching a fire burn I
must have I do agree with you there mr. Steve so baby
mr. Steve's argument for having a fire in the house is a good one
having said that I am of course now a convert to the home fire because I now
agree with mr. Steve I was very skeptical at first to be honest but now
now I kind of think yes yes I think that's a good idea you could say that I
have warmed to the idea if you warm to something that means you start to think
it's a good idea you change your opinion you actually agree or accept something
so you warm to it and so there we go we are teaching some English already look
at the idea okay so mr. Steve I've just realized that we are sitting in the most
uncomfortable position in the world this is really uncomfortable so I don't want
to stay here too long because I can already feel the blood in my legs
coagulating so here we go stream mr. Duncan
it's horrible it's like Halloween all over again
so first of all we have the fireplace here it's a very simple construction you
have a place where the fuel goes and you have a thing that goes up to the outside
of course we all know that's called the chimney or it can also be called as a
flue flow blue-blue ego flew so far Lou flue is the thing that allows the smoke
and all of the poisonous fumes to escape from the house they don't know is coming
into the room you don't and we also have to have some airflow as well so the air
has to flow through the fire to allow the flames to burn so although it looks
very simple it is actually quite a complicated thing so you need air flow
you need the poisonous fumes to disappear out of the house smoke the
smoke in all of the horrible things that might cause you to choke and down having
monoxide poisoning there's none that you don't want carbon monoxide in your house
to be honest it's not very good that we get a carbon monoxide detector because
you have to have them by law in the house if you've got something that burns
like a fire obviously a fire burns then you need to have a carbon dioxide
detector to make sure that you're not being poisoned a detector yes so
something that will sense the carbon monoxide in the air so first of all
before we do anything else we have to make sure that the fire will light so we
need things that will help the fire to start and here is something here is
something that's very useful this this is a kind of material that's been soaked
with flammable liquid I think in this case it is I think it might be paraffin
or petrol but this you put a little bit of this on the fire and it will start
the fun it will allow the fire to light yes it's
a fire lighter surprisingly it's a very simple name I'm so glad that they've
named this simply so I don't think that petrol on it by the way mister don't
give me no but it we don't want to set things in petrol this is a batch house I
think it is paraffin isn't it I think it's a form of paraffin not not petrol
so that please don't start your house fire don't start the fire in your house
with petrol it's not a good idea it's not petrol this'll be an interesting
video it has petrol on those fire lighters mr. Duncan it will be very very
introduced I think it will certainly increase our viewership as we we sit
here in flames burning so we need to put a little bit of this inside some paper
first of all like so there is it so the reason why I'm wrapping it up is to
allow the paper to also burn so it will catch fire very easily so we put some of
this on the fire first of all mr. Steve we do indeed we certainly did now here
are some I've prepared already so I put these on the fire so some of these will
have a little bit of fire lighter inside and some of them don't
ok so we've put these on first are you enjoying this no well that's an honest
answer there we go yes of course I am for those
who have just joined we are live on a Sunday and it's mr. Duncan that's me and
mr. Steve that's me in our living room we are teaching
English me if you don't know how to light a fire you should do after this I
just put a bit more on so here's another little piece of fire lighter there we go
just think it's so no he needs something else mr. Steve what do we need next we
need some small pieces of wood to help the fire start and we call that kindling
kindling dling can you see the kindling Roberts our wood
these big these big bits won't start on their own
need something as you know to start a fire you need some small bits to get it
going there we go get the fire going to Kindle it so to Kindle something is to
start something off so you can Kindle anything early you can you can Kindle a
relationship you can start a relationship you can put it into motion
so to Kindle something and of course you can rekindle as well Rican yes if a
relationship has has gone off the boil has died a bit down you can rekindle the
relationship by for example going out for a meal or something like that so to
restart the relationship well maybe you could get some sexy underwear do you
like that you like the marriage advice there so if your relationship is failing
if if the magic has left your life and you want to rekindle your relationship
maybe get some sexy underwear so we put some kindling on the fire you can see
here I've got quite a lot of kindling so first of all we put this on the fire
like this now watch how carefully I do this I'm going to do this very carefully
look at that instant there we go a little bit more we've got lots of
kindling here I'm sure people are going to say mr. Duncan you've put too much
kindling on the fire you have put too much on you don't need
all that mr. Duncan now before I like the fire I'm going to
move this out of the way because this is very flammable so if you could put this
just over and over there for you just so so we don't have any fire incident
mishaps and now I'm going to put these two pieces of wood on the fire as well
on the top so they're not very big pieces of wood but they will eventually
catch fire so we just put that
there like that and that there like that and now we are ready to light the fire
ha ha so what do we need to light the fire mr. Duncan we need to ignite the
fire we need to start the fire by using a match so mr. Steve please give me the
matches so we can light the fire we could rub two sticks together we could
have rubbed two sticks of kindling together until they started smoking
perhaps if I rub my legs together if I rub my legs together for a long period
of time maybe maybe that will create a fire so where the match is mr. Duncan so
to match those you've got the matches have I oh look they're over the note
I'll go and fetch them okay then oh that wasn't what we rehearsed
Thank You mr. Steve thank you for the matches and also your ad-libbing oh look
don't drop the matches well you can drop them you can drop matches oh good
nothing happened so drop it again no nothing so you can drop matches I may
drop them and then leave them here so that men can drop them all so what I
just did we're still here so let's light the fire
would you like to light it as well with me and there would you do all that do
you like to light fires okay you go ahead strike the match so first of all
we need to strike the match we are going to strike the match there we go
this is the interesting part sorry before you burn your fingers so now we
just like the paper and just to make sure I'm going to there's another match
odd just to make sure that it lights and then we close the door and now hopefully
we are now making sure that the air will flow through so all of the airflow is
open to make sure that it lights exciting bits very
exciting so now that the fire is starting starting to light come on if
this does it slow if this doesn't work we're in big trouble that's its lighting
don't worry about it it's lighting there we go look it will start come on fire
well it wouldn't it be great if this actually went out hey looks like is
going out no it's lighting look the fire is rekindled we have fire everyone can
you see there it is there's the fire fire I think people know what fire is
mr. dookey we have fire everyone I feel I feel like a caveman
so of course you could we might get sparks in a minute and of course sparks
you could have a spark of an idea could you so a spark is something that is a
small thing that can get something else going so if you have a small spark of an
idea it can develop into a something very big like a spark on a piece of wood
can develop into a big fire so there's there's another bit of English with just
thrown in there so it's lighting now out look at that there we go they said it
couldn't be done it's roaring away already saved already so now what is
happening the air is rushing in as the fire burns have to tell them so we have
airflow air flow it's very important isn't it I think it probably is I'm glad
to see mr. Steve is taking this seriously
laughs whoa there you go pretty dramatic they're getting warm already I can feel
the heat coming off the heat is radiating from the fire so the heat is
coming off it is radiating so that's it we will now be warm tonight we don't
have to worry about going cold because apparently the temperature tonight is
going to be very low indeed will you be I'm getting out are you going out would
be nice and Steve's going out again he's got to earn some money I don't know what
he does but he's doing something I'm not lighting fires I know that he always
comes back with lots of five-pound notes and they're always very tatty and grubby
I don't know what he does but anyway I'm going to a bonfire night party anyway it
allows me to buy the kindling so so you know we won't go cold right let's go
back into the stood here mr. Steve and you're gonna change it to some other
clothes as well but as we do it I don't know how this happens it's magic
shall we just admit now that this is prerecorded anyway let's rejoin mr.
duncan that's me in the studio and I'm going to get up now and allow the blood
to flow back into my legs shall we go bye-bye let's go bye-bye
yum-yum-yum-yum we are back live yes live is live can be just after half is
3:00 on a Sunday afternoon remember remember it is the 5th of November it is
myself mr. Duncan and of course mr. Steve is here mr. Steve what was wrong
with you yesterday you you seemed a little bit bad-tempered yesterday I was
in a bad mood yesterday you are right mr. Duncan you were you you you were
really really really really bad tempered yesterday I could tell you weren't
taking that very seriously but you said come on mr. Steve we've got to do this
because the the loyal viewers want to see is doing something together and you
said let's try and light the fire and I reluctantly agreed and I think it was
all right it was all right in the end I managed to salvage it I think
interestingly you've had quite a few comments while we were while you were
playing that little clip it would appear that a lot of people liked what we just
did I've got to say boy I couldn't get up after that I've had it very difficult
to get up my joints had dirt had seized up Byron Lee were kneeling down there
apparently apparently mr. mr. Steve he was let me get a word in edgeways
apparently that was that was a special yoga position that I was in really yes a
yoga position I'm trying to find the message now that told me about it okay I
can't find it no somebody oh yeah go on find it shut up boom boom boom boom boom
boom that's a good name by the way for today because there are a lot of boom
that's the name of a firework I'm not sure mr. Duncan's position the position
that mr. Duncan is sitting in in front of the fireplace is actually quite
healthy it didn't feel healthy all I could feel
was the blood being cut off to my feet and I thought my feet were going to fall
off to be honest it is in fact a yoga position called the
virasana virasana so you on you are basically kneeling but your legs are
flat on the floor but but it's very uncomfortable mmm I don't I don't know
how you can do yoga in that position and still be relaxed to be honest I don't
know that yes there are all sorts of yoga positions aren't they I think
they're all called they all end with Sun I don't know at the end I think I don't
know yes I think they do I have done a bit of yoga in the past you can get very
flexible very bendy and can you do the splits mr. Duncan here can I do the
splits ii-i've done the splits by accident in the past I what I once I
once lost my my bicycle saddle and I sat down and I did the splits then I really
did I jumped up in the air and did the splits because my my bike saddle was
missing can you pull your legs up and wrap them round the back of your head I
think I can do that to somebody else's legs interestingly enough somebody's
made a comment about carbon monoxide detectors only being a bit nerdy in this
country yes if you have particularly a new appliance fitted into your house
like a gas boiler or an oil boiler or if you've got an open fire anything that
burns then yes you have to have a carbon monoxide detector because when anything
burns carbon monoxide is a poisonous but odorless colorless gas you don't know
it's there and every year tragically in this country because it's a cold country
in the winter we have to light fires a lot of people die every year through
carbon monoxide poisoning because they don't let enough air into the room and
when that happens the the burning it doesn't occur properly you get poisonous
gases I'm getting into your room so yes I'm getting a bit of I'm getting a bit
of burning now I've got a gas strange burning sensation now I'm sitting here
you could be just sit there and being poisoned by the nu just
slowly fall asleep and then never wake up
okay Thank You mr. Steve it's Halloween again yes it's not Halloween though this
week it's not Halloween this week so nation about carbon dioxide or co2 ated
- sorry - yesterday yesterday you you were accusing me of being boring in the
video that we just showed and here you are droning ah I'm giving out valuable
life-saving information trust me this is not valuable information here earlier
well no if you're gonna rent if you're gonna rent a property in the UK okay
okay no need to make sure your landlord has properly maintained the central
heating system or you could die from C Oh haven't you just said all this aside
yes but it's typically it's typically landlords trying to cut costs and it
happened several times every year quite tragic this anyway that's my three penny
worth this is a bit heavy can we now go back to to talk about nickname well I
thought what was very funny is that somebody said you were starting the fire
by burning your flash phrases yes and many of my scripts as well I think I
think I was burning my scripts yesterday all the all the unsuccessful ones all
your bank statements with nothing on them sorry mr. Duncan hilarious so we're
going back to abbreviated words are we pay attention in the studio today we're
not we're not well we're not going back to abbreviated words we're going back to
abbreviated name names okay listen to me when I'm talking so we are talking about
nicknames and as we discussed earlier mr. steve has a nickname it's school he
had one but I think we might entry introduce it we've had done that already
so mr. Steve's nickname was was actually named after some some toilet cleaner
just so you all remember that so we can also shorten names
well we can shorten names I've got some here I think you've got some as well so
let's have a quick look at some names that can be shortened or abbreviated so
here we go here are some so we have David David so what can you abbreviate
David - David is that a Dave Dave D a VE Day --v yes you can call David Dave hi
Dave how you doing Dave shall we go out to the pub tonight Dave for a drink
Dave probably Dave is it's got it's got certain it's got certain two labels
connotations with it hasn't it Dave apparently apparently lemon tree is is
roasting their chestnuts well you shouldn't get so close to the
fire also we have Susan Susan mr. Steve Susan that would be sue sue or of course
Susie Susie so Susan can be sue or Susie yes
Susie I always think Susie sounds like a very fun name instead of Susan Susan
doesn't sound like a fun name but if you change your name to Susie suddenly you
sound like the life and soul of the party you should meet Susie she's such a
laugh Susie she's wild but there it's the same thing with Steve Steven you can
call somebody Stevie and I think if somebody says Stevie to you they're not
really treating you seriously so Susie Stevie it's sort of yes it does denote
somebody who might be sort of fun-loving but also somebody who is not
particularly serious or or takes life very seriously Francisco is going now
Francisco is leaving Francisco Francisco has to go to the gym to do some
exercises to push those weights and run on the treadmill oh wait another 20
minutes I know why can't you just wait till the end because we've got we've got
a super firework display yes you can't miss the firework display Oh miss the
fireworks Sokka says mr. Duncan's name it's cool must have been how dunk cow
dunk that doesn't make junk do you mean always see because it sounds like cow
dung but which of course is cow poo ow poo poo oh my god people sending in
their abbreviated names their full names and their abbreviated names we've we've
had a few interesting to see in other countries if they do the same thing and
if so how they abbreviate it yes or not Stuart there's two at my brother-in-law
I have a brother-in-law called Stuart and of course you can abbreviate Stuart
to stew stew or stew stew or stew yes that's a good up or of course Stewie
Stewie like Stewie Griffin from Family Guy mmm what the deuce what the deuce
victory will be mine Jonathan oh that I think one of your one of your brothers
sorry telling your brothers well one of your nephews mr. Steve is called
Jonathan he's indeed yet another thing and there's a name check there for you
Jonathan now it will cost you nothing it's free
of charge so Jonathan what now as I understand it Jonathan can be shortened
in many ways yes Jo n John is the common one John yeah and that's the main one
also Johnny Johnny yeah Johnny yeah yeah yeah nobody knows
where my journey has gone but Judy left the same time
she holding his hand which is supposed to be mine it's my party and I'll cry if
I want to everybody join in cry if I want to you would cry too if it happened
to you Philip no comment Philip Phil Phil I think so yes Phil
apparently we missed out Derek so there is Derek Derek what about Derek mr.
Steve Derek I don't know a short version of Derek Rick Derek Haysom Rick Dez Dez
Dez yes or of course Desmond Desmond can also be shortened to Dez but yes Derek
might be Dez there we go and now we have Oh Margaret Margaret yes Margaret
Comanche there's more than one so there's Madge or Sarge Maggie and
Marge Marge so for example Marge Simpson from The Simpsons no I'm not going to do
an impression of Marge Simpson I it's not very good
another common one is Joanne for a girl's name oh yes Joanne Joanne common
name usually of course abbreviated to Jo Jo Jo Jo so yes there's another one and
we've got how about Thomas Oh Thomas is a very
popular male name in this country Thomas Tom Tom or Tommy
of course Tommy yeah yes Tom parents of course we've already touched on this
parents don't like their children's names to be abbreviated generally if
you're a parent out there I'm sure you would agree with me there you name your
child the full name and you don't like usually to hear to breathe
be ated would I be right some people don't like to have their name shortened
they like to use the full name because it sounds more glamorous or more
impressive I think so I got a friend yes got the same name as me Stephen
okay I've known him for over 30 years yeah he's a friend of mine and still to
this day he will not let me abbreviate his name to Steve and I forget because
everybody calls me Steve everyone else I know that's called Steve and I
abbreviated to Steve but if I say Steve to him he always corrects me and says my
name is Steven that's not very imaginative by the way so your name is
Steve and the only friend you can find nearby is also called Steve I've got
other friends mr. Duncan it's not just one what about when you're in a room
together it's Steve and Steve he doesn't like it being abbreviated oh it's so
it's Steve and Steven so that's how you you distinguish between the two it's
just it's just that he doesn't like his name abbreviated and it's a little
annoying a little annoying if I think you should get over it we have Oh
Terrence Terrence can you see it there are trees an old fashioned a name yes
Terrence I think there still are people called Terrence or Terry as we sure do
remember the singer Terence Trent d'Arby I do indeed yes Terence Trent d'Arby he
had had very long dreadlocks and he sang very high if you stay hey another day
hey something like that so Terence can be shortened to Terry Terry or or of
course tez I've never heard of that one I'm sure I'm sure you can I think you
can shorten Terence to tears or teza are you good at remembering people's
names mr. Dylan no I'm not I'm terrible I am the worst maybe next to you I am
the worst or maybe and worst person on the planet for
remembering people's names I'm terrible I could never remember anyone's names
even if I meet someone new I can never remember their names by the end of the
conversation I've completely forgotten their name mm-hmm it's a it's a very
good skill to develop remembering people's names but and it is about
making the effort to do it I think so now making the effort
apparently lemon tree says when I was as I was when I was a kid I was nicknamed
the jumping girl oh okay because I used to jump and hop whenever I was excited
whenever when whenever I experienced moments of joy and happiness and I still
do at an adult age we'd like to see an example of that
so lemon dreams lemon tree is still a jumping girl we'd love to see that Maria
Maria I'm talking to a girl called Maria my nickname is marinella
marinella but that's a dragon malov what could be shortened that too that's very
hard to say by the way so your nickname is Merritt Marianela you'll be shortened
it to Nelly or just just Marie yes Murray lost says Lord our Lord honor oh
no that's that's something else for another person in the live chat so there
are a lot of all this some more here I've got some more here oh look I've got
some more names I have you got any on your list mr. Steve I've run out on my
list maybe people can send in in examples of names that will remind mr.
Duncan of a song I've got what here because you've already had about three
no not more singing no singing no no I don't think there's ever been a song
written about Alan maybe not how would you write a song about Alan Alan so what
what can Alan shortened to owl oh yeah then that's
short for Alfred as well but Allen's quite a short name so it's not usually
abbreviate well quite often abbreviated names can also be the same for different
names so for example al can be Allen or Alfred because they both start with the
same two letters so I think so also we have oh he's a good one Royston that's a
very interesting name Royston it is a real name by the way
Royston somebody sent that in no it's not using very up-to-date names and come
from my brain that one so that might explain a lot I don't think I've ever
met anyone called Royston there is there is a comedian there is a funny man
called Royston Vaizey and his real name is Royston honestly oh I believe you but
I'm just saying it's not a common message yes so there you go Royston of
AZ so that that is his real name well Royston can often be abbreviated to
Roy Roy luciano has got it right so Luciano
knows the name Pavarotti's with us again yes er no and also Neil also said Roy by
the way for those who missed the mystery idioms here they are again for those who
didn't see them earlier I will give you the answers in around about seven or
eight minutes time I haven't seen them yet so there is the first one quite a
few people have got these right today so congratulations to you all and there is
the second one so there are today's mystery idioms but what are they what
are they if you think you know the answers just let me know please mr.
steve is here today hello has anybody sent in any examples of their names from
other countries being being shortened a brief oh wait here we hey we have one
already yes it's funny you should mention that mr. Steve Rick ha
says my name is normally shortened to Rick okay Rick
then of course Richard as well Richard can often be shortened to Rick or of
course dick yeah so dick is the shortened version of
Richard although nowadays you don't hear many people called dick though there
aren't many many dicks around have you noticed that mr. Steve they don't tend
to use that it's been a while since I donated word yeah but it's been a long
time since I've come across any dick any dick to be honest because of the
alternative meaning of the word you don't normally call people that unless
it's a derogatory term oh of course yes dick can be used as an
insult you can call someone a dick if they are foolish or stupid I think so
well done mr. Steve yes trust you to know that one luciano says Oh Luciano's
got the answers by the way to the mystery idioms well done also in Arabic
apparently they abbreviate Abdullah to Abdo I didn't know that so there we go
we're learning something now it's a we're full steam ahead here with the
learning today oh I know one Foreign name Muhammad that's often abbreviated
to I don't want often but mo I don't know if that's that can be abbreviated
to mo because of course there is there is the famous athlete called Mo Farah
which I was about to say and his first name is Muhammad
so we shortened it to mo so lots of people know him as Mo Farah ute R is
here hello you - haven't seen you for a long time my son's name is Benjamin aha
right yes so yes there are a few ways of changing that name aren't the Steve Ben
Benny Ben Ben the tours need look no more he's off again my
Michael Jack Michael we haven't discussed Michael thank you for talking
all over my lovely singing there I was singing all about her we haven't got
time for thinking mr. Duggar daily ten minutes to go
you're coming very you are annoying today by the way Michael Mick Oh Mike I
was singing a lovely song there too a little rat go on then Ben third - I
don't want to do it now I'm gonna sulk now silence I'm sulking mr. Stephen let
me sing my song I just suddenly thought when you said Michael when you singing
that song it reminded me of Michael Jackson which is obviously a word then
we discussed afterwards a lot of things remind people of Michael Jackson these
days a lot of things Marv men says my name is Maria del Carmen
but the abbreviation is my men or Mar men oh that's very nice Barry a lot of
people want to hear the song the rest of the song but I don't want to now because
mr. Steve mr. Steve interrupted me he interrupted my singing so that's it it's
off singing ended no more singing and you can you can blame mr. Steve for that
it's his fault doesn't look like I'm coming back next week or ever again so
they're all quite a few names oh let's have a couple of more Gavin Gavin that's
a great name you don't get many Gavin's around anymore but of course that can be
shortened to gab gaff yes it's true I'm not joking gaff that's it gaff so and
two more we have Jeremy Jeremy Jeremy Jezza yes Jezza
just like the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn a lot of people call him Jezza
Jezza Jeremy Jezza and finally one
or very topical at the moment because of course I have some very bad news for all
those watching in Asia Donald Trump is now near to you so Donald Trump so the
word or the name Donald can be abbreviated to ah Donald Don yes don don
or of course Doni Doni so apparently the one of what
i'v Donald Trump's former wives used to call him Donnie and apparently that
nickname has stuck over the years so a lot of people call him Donnie
or of course the dawn as well yes the boss yes a lot of people getting angry
now because I've mentioned Donald Trump so Oh mr. Steve it's almost time for us
to go I can't believe it I D it's gone so fast today have you enjoyed yourself
yes I have mr. Duncan however I wasn't talking to you
Oh were you talking to yourself I was talking to everybody else how I couldn't
see that but not you so before we go before we finish we will
reveal today's mystery idioms a lot of people got these right so first of all
the first one I thought this was quite easy yes many people got that one right
the answer is cut corners if you cut corners the meaning of cut corners to do
something quickly by leaving out important steps or instructions to
lazily do something through lack of interest the plane crash was caused by
the mechanics cutting corners during safety checks so cut corners and
the second one a lot of people got this one right I think this one was quite
easy skeleton in the cupboard actually this would have been suitable for last
week during Halloween skeleton in the cupboard the meaning a dark secret that
must never be revealed under any circumstances mr. Steve do you have any
skeletons in your cupboard many I'm sure a dark moment from a person's past that
is kept secret can be described as a skeleton in the cupboard or of course we
can also say skeleton in the closet in the closet talking of which mr. Steve
and myself will be going very soon but we have to get our coats on we are going
to go outside just before we finish thanks for joining us today we're going
outside now we have some fireworks prepared because today it is November
the fifth what what is significant mr. Steve about November the fifth well on
November the fifth Guy Fawkes who tried to blow up the houses of parliament many
many years ago is we recreate the event when he was burnt alive that's on fire
there is also another tradition called penny for the guy now you don't see many
people doing this nowadays but in the past lots of people used to stand in the
street and they would make a little effigy of Guy Fawkes and they would
stand and they would ask people to give the money for the guy they used to say
penny for the guy penny for the guy penny for the guy I wonder if their name
guy was for many years after the event took place and I can't remember when it
did take place now can you remember mr. Duncan was it 17 so it was yes around
about then yes we are talking 1700 a few hundred years ago I wonder if the name
guy was very unpopular for a long time after that because it's it's it's a word
that's used quite a lot now quite common name now but I bet it was
unpopular a long time I like the word Hitler for example a named Hitler nobody
calls their child Hitler now but maybe in 200 years time it might it might come
back into face sorry mr. Steve can I just point out that Hitler was actually
Hitler's surname nobody's calling their child Hitler as oh yeah I forgot that
was his first name what no one no one ever in history has ever called their
child Hitler as their first his first name yes No Adolf I don't that's it
that's what I meant to say nobody cause they charred Adolf no one but maybe in
because of the connotations with that of Hitler but maybe in two or three hundred
years time the name Adolph will come back to be popular well I think you'll
find in Germany there are adults around I don't think a belt as a name has
actually become unpopular to be honest but how I
I would certainly certainly the other name isn't very popular anymore I think
yes I think we can safely say that I think if that was your surname you'd
have probably changed it anyway I'm trying to change the subject to be
honest has it got hot in here back to fireworks yes I I feel as if I'm on the
bonfire now I feel like I am Guy Fawkes being burnt alive here so let's go mr.
Steve it's time to go outside we are going outside it is time to say goodbye
and we are going to light some fireworks mr. Steve has I'm gonna take this with
me because I think we're gonna need it mr. Steve has the fire extinguisher
ready sure it is again show it again there you go there it is the fire
extinguisher is ready just in case charged just in case we don't want to
set fire to the house or any of the neighbor's property
definitely not so we are going outside now and it's time to light some
fireworks because it's November the fifth everyone
doodoo okay here we are we are now outside it's dark thank goodness because
of course the Knights come early at this time of the year which is good for us
because now we have to light some fireworks unfortunately Steve we haven't
got a big firework display no we've just got sparklers since so these are just
little sparklers and the reason is because all of the neighbors don't like
fireworks that go bang so instead we're going to have a little sparkler display
so these are little sparklers they are things that you hold in your hand and
they they sparkle as their name suggests so let's have a look let's see if we can
light these so mr. Steve let's go okay mr. Steve is
lighting his you can't see what's happening that's it here we go come on
light I'll try and light mine as well
Wow yeah why's the Steves let's try to light mine there yeah so these are
sparklers and now we are going to light our sparkler display behind me mr. Steve
has already started so here we go let's light our lovely firework display just
before we finish today's livestream
yeah
yeah we have a sparkler display it's time to say goodbye I hope you have a
super-duper November the fifth just in case you are doing something special we
will leave you now of course I will be back next week mr. Steve will be back as
well won't you I will indeed yeah it's time to go I hope you enjoy our little
firework display this is mr. duncan in the birthplace of
English saying see you next week have a great week
stay safe and of course you know what's coming next
Ta ta for now. Ta ta 8-)
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