MINI: Nominative Determinisim - Nurse Please!

The Christian O’Connell Show

GOLD and iHeart Australia

Music, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Music Interviews

4.7 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Sometimes your name matches your job a little too well. Tell us about it!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Christian O'Connell Show podcast.
0:04.9	There is a thing called nominative determinism, which is the theory that our names can influence directly the jobs we lend up choosing.
0:13.1	If you never heard of it, it really does exist.
0:16.0	We've turned into a weekly feature called What's Your Name Again?
0:18.6	I used to have a GP called Dr. Payne.
0:21.7	I really am Peter Chippy from a long line of carpenters too.
0:25.6	My father-in-law's optometrist is called Dr. Seedbright.
0:29.5	My son's woodwork teacher, Mr Wood.
0:32.6	My old dentist as a child, his name was Dr. Bora.
0:36.5	Many years ago I was in the Omer Army Reserve and I always knew we were going to
0:39.3	have problems when we went out Bush because we had a major war.
0:42.7	9414-104-3. Let's get it's yours.
0:45.6	Do you have a job that sounds just like
0:47.6	your name? Like a weatherman whose name is rain.
0:52.0	Or a gardener cold Alice Bush.
0:54.4	It's called nominative determinism.
0:56.2	Is your job just like your name?
0:58.1	What's your name again?
0:59.6	What's your name again?
1:02.2	Hey Christian.
1:03.5	This is Kerry.
1:04.3	I wanted to let you know about my ex-boss, who was Dutch and a fireman.
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