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Are these English names offensive?

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Do you have one thing that you get super excited about? Maybe it's collecting gems, studying spiders, or analyzing ski equipment.

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Hey Aubrey, how's everything today? How you feeling? I feel great. How are you

Lindsay? I'm doing pretty well. We are recording halfway through the week so

just getting through the week all good, all good.

I'll bring a question for you here.

Okay.

So when you were a kid, did anyone ever say to you,

no name calling? Do not call anyone names yes absolutely I remember

that and that was the phrase right no name calling if you if you called

someone I don't know a nerd or something and kids often don't realize how hurtful

names can be how mean can you know it can hurt someone's feelings and so we

would hear that a lot no name calling. Oh for sure for sure yes I heard that a lot. Oh, for sure, for sure.

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