Simplified Speech #251 – Popular baby names
Culips English Podcast

Simplified Speech #251 – Popular baby names

A2ElementaryJuly 11, 202631 min

What does a name really say about a person? In this episode, Andrew and Indiana talk about baby names and the stories behind them. They chat about how naming has changed in North America since the 1950s. You’ll also hear about old-fashioned virtue names, why so many parents today want something different, and the existence of “middle names” in the U.S. and Canada. Culips Meetup in Seoul! If you are in Korea, come and meet us in person at the Culips Meetup in Seoul on July 19, from 2 to 4 PM. RSVP here. To build your fluenc...

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Hello and welcome to the Q-Lips English Podcast. How's it going? I'm Andrew and in just a sec, I'll be joined by my co-host, Indiana, for this Simplified Speech episode. Simplified Speech is our series which features clear, natural, and easy-to-understand conversations between native speakers. And today, Indiana and I are going to chat about names, baby names, popular baby names,

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unusual baby names our names I've got a pretty common name but Indiana has a rather unique name so she's going to share the story behind her name and so much more we get into a lot of details about names and the culture of naming babies in English speaking countries so it was a fascinating conversation I think you're going to really enjoy it as well and of course it's going to be great

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for building your English skills. And that's really why we're here, right? We're here to build our English fluency. And yeah, Indiana and I are going to help you with that.

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