Romesh Ranganathan's Real Name Is JONATHAN RANGANATHAN | Universal Comedy
25 sep. 2020
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King Grump Romesh Ranganathan talks about his Sri Lankan heritage in this clip taken from his best selling special IRRATIONAL. He also introduces us to his secret weapon
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Those are the whitest sneakers ever
You’re telling me that your real name is Jonathan... Jonathan Ranganathan. Well I don’t believe you, that sounds like a complete load of Romesh to me... lol 😉 (see what I did there... 🤫🥸)
Coconut.
He never mocks Muslims
Why should he
"can we just get that light o- yep he is that dark, jesus!" HAHA
Johnnnnnnny booooy. Ahahahaa
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Romesh Ranganathan should listen to Bombay bandook once.
🤣🤣🤣 you are one of my favourite people to watch 👌class act😁😁
FAT, NO?!!! 😂😂😂👍👍
All my kids can manage to say to their grandparents in our mother tongue basically is “how are you” “what are you doing” “have u ate” “what did u eat” “yes” “no” and then it’s blank 😂 they can understand it perfectly just not converse so well. Bloody coconuts 😂🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
I am Steve but you can call me Rajinder - Russell Peters
Can comedians please come back and do online shows Imagine a zoom call with Romesh would happily pay 🤣🤣🤣
Is it just me or is he just not funny?
Just u mate
I actually knew a few people whose parents gave them English first names and surnames even though they were south Asian. When we talked about it they said exactly what Romesh was talking about.
Totally unfunny.
That’s so funny. I remember when I started my new school age 10 and the teacher introduced me to the class using my middle name. I wouldn’t mind but I had never used it until that day. The english teacher must have thought Junior wasn’t that British. To be fair I do prefer Joseph or Joe.
I've got an English name and it's the wrong ethnicity to be employed in my neighbourhood. This needs addressing because this issue is two way.
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Come on Sri lanka
This is so true
Funny but also exposes the racism in britain
Yeah Britain is so racist, like how bame are being over represented in television, curse the racist Britain right?
This joke actually reflects my own situation of how I was named with a conformable first name, and traditional alternative-first/middle name. This is the truth for many people with forgein families.
My name is George Patel and I’m white!
It's so confusing when someone who you trust, is lying to you and you don't know that they're trying to undermine you in some way, its fuckup
his mates name is Dave
Can't remember how old I was when I found out my first name is Ian, weird stuff.
It’s a skit I know but normally with these Asian family parents will teach their kids both language it comes naturally as babies learn fast
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He's fucking brilliant I look forward to seeing this guy live one day
It still does something for unconscious biases. Unfortunately it's the way the world is. People even forget your name more easily if it isn't a "familiar" name. Familiar depends on the majority of the country of course. I am sure Ramesh is a very common name in Sri Lanka.
Perhaps so, its interesting his name is Romesh, not Ramesh, perhaps Ramesh is a common name in Sri Lanka but whats that got to do with anything. Maybe its all that unconscious bias
Jonathan Ranganathan, but which Nathan did Jonathan ring?
Fat, no?
He's hilarious...great comedian ❤️
Im called primarily by my middle name too. I dont even remember my parents _ever_ calling me by my first name.
This is no different to Chinese students coming to the US or Australia and adopting western names though. Heck, I knew a William Xi - loved how he said the name with the thickest Chinese accent I'd ever heard back then. All the Chinese students in my class did that
My friend Arthur Dustbin wasn't too fond of his name. He's now known as Archibald Dustbin.
Not funny
Well hey if he was self conscious about his weight he wouldn’t be a comedian so fair play for him mocking his weight though he does have a huge belly if you ever seen his bbc 3 programme takes his top off he’s deceptively fat
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I know it was just a joke, I'm just explaining to people who might find it strange that people would call people fat and be happy. The "fat" comment might be cultural, it used to happen a few years ago (might still) in China as it was a sign of wealth. Also, people are more open about factual aspects of people. They talk about skin colour, they talk about money... It's not a rudeness thing, but culture. Please do correct me if I'm wrong, but this has been my experience during my visits and interactions.
Well... He's jonathan ranga nathan, I think that's VERY british. His ancestor nathan must've been ginger and hated.
You don’t need to speak it
Missed opportunity with Ranganathan. "Oh, must be a ginger white bloke. Ranga Nathan. Poor kid musta been bullied for that"
exactly, if his parents moved to aus/nz....they woulda got the pronouciation perfect
Laugh out loud funny!! 😭😂
Know a few folks who've got their "English" name and their home name.
As an Indian man named Thomas this bit resonates w me
Why my mom gave me a "white" name. Always get a second interview.
I can SO relate to Romesh (Jonathan) This is why I changed my surname as people ALWAYS spell it incorrectly due to the pronunciation. 🙄🤦🏻♀️ Also because I am Chinese, people automatically assume that I can speak Mandarin (I speak Cantonese 🇭🇰) 😂😩
very funny dude
I had a similar first day of school when my teacher called my name out and I didn't answer, because I'd been known to everyone by a nickname so when they said my actual name I had no idea who they were talking about. I'm in my mid twenties now and I could probably count on my fingers the number of times since then I've been called by my name for anything other than a school register or an interview
My Grands had 9 kids. My Mom never never knew her correct birthday until she needed her birth certificate to get her driver's license. All her life she thought it was the 8th but it was really the 18th. All my childhood, I and the rest of the family thought my Aunt's name was Marilyn. When she sent for her birth certificate. She found out it was Melanie. By that time I was a teen. They both went all the way through school signing the wrong info on their paperwork. When they asked Grammy about it she said she had too many kids and could remember all the details.
I’m Sri Lankan British and had the exact same problem except I never knew my first name until I started school because my middle name was English which I presumed was my first name 😭
Romesh’s checklist for making a joke, does it include: race, nationality or skin colour
Ad before this was KFC rolls and they look disgusting
Which they certainly do. Taste that way, too.
Funny thing is studies have shown having a "white" first name does actually benefit you with jobs sadly
My parents did a similar thing to me. I have an Anglo first name but a Vietnamese Middle Name. The thing is, my name can be spelled like 3 different ways so people are still confused.
I can't speak my language either and I live there
JoJo Indian version:
My parents also called me a different name while I grew into my first name. Coordinated it with the schools to call me what they called me. Didn't know what my actual NAME was for YEARS.
Didn't even crack a half-smile let alone laughed. I think "Jonathan" sorry if I spelled wrong....it's such a confusing name I just took a chance. I found you to be aggressive, rude and incredibly disrespectful. But, even though that, he well and best of luck. 😉
Em e That’s not surprising. I feel better having said it.
My wife has this problem all the time. Thai first name english last name, never gets treated as a “real” Canadian
But I think he does look like a Jonathan. It's his glasses. 🙏🏻😂👍🏻
Related to the librarian?
I had a nickname as a kid and I learned my first name at school as well. I swear this has shaped me
lol, non-white people only apply for work at country estates and wealthy corporations...lol
Classic immigrant comedy.
1:01 *Brooo, the struggle of not being able to connect wiv ur family members who don’t speak English.* 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
I always consider myself to be fortunate that I was raised speaking both.
Bloogly weell roight eh blimey
I wish my parents did that. Everyone messes up my name. I have a j un my name and people assume it's an h sound because most people in southern California speak Spanish. Then they offended ehrnbi correct the peonincuation of my name.
Technobear.
His parents weren't wrong.
This happened to me. I went by a nickname until my first day of school. Teacher says my full first name, and last name, and I was like "oh hey! That kid has the same last name as me!" Teacher had to tell me it was me she was talking too.
You are your culture. That makes you British Mr Ranganathan. I don't go round telling people I'm Celtic with a good mix of Norman. When immigrants choose to live in England, they either become British or they remain whatever they were before. You can tell the former because they embrace the culture.
He could've gone by Jonah
Funny enough, I knew a guy named John Martin. He was Indian. 😂
There are people of European ethnicity, mixed, Christians in India. It’s a multicultural country.
ye....heard he works for the IRS
Meet Shah Martin isn’t a Christian name though 🤔 it was a trap 🪤
@ThePipeMonk cuz like Christians are most likely to hav biblical names and not the usual names thats in the hindu mythology. 🤷
@Karan Arora there are also Orthodox Christians in India too whom have been there longer than Catholics and Protestant Christians.
He looks like a Jonathan to me. Then again, all Jonathans look the same to me. Roundish, bearded, looking like they just woke up from a coma and are astounded by this new thing called electricity.
@Melissa Marshman 😀
@p rl 😂 Yup.
Oh my god, our American counterpart came here in my country for work and he is a Jonathan and he does look like how you described lol
Stop there was a Jonathan from my school, now with a beard and exactly like this, why is this actually 100% accurate 😭😂
Oi!!! 😁
And his real career should be taxi driver because he ain't no comedian
Imagine “Nathan” appearing in your name twice, but neither time is it the name Nathan
@Rohith M it is spelled the same though so the original comment isn't wrong. Also, your phonetics make sense to me. All the best from rainy Scotland 😁💙🏴💙
@Antonio Tyler if he is ging...hed be called ranga...nathan in new zealand
He could ditch the Nathans and go by Jon Rang
Jonathan Nathan ranganathan 😂
Omfg..... 🤣🤣🤣🤣 How did I not notice that!!!
lmao i have the same problem with my family in sri lanka, my mums and my generation there, can fluently speak and talk but with my grandmas genrationits a bit more difficult
As an Asian, I also only knew my real first name on my first day at school 😂
@Piranha Fish Keeper Just imagine I have 2 first names but I have always been called by just the first syllables of each! 😆
What is your real name? And the name you thought it was? Just interested lol😆
As funny as this is, his parent actually did the right thing. Studies completed recently have indicated that individuals with ‘foreign-sounding’ or ethnic-minority names have to apply for 80% more jobs, statically speaking, before getting interviews.
@bambino whilst I see your point, it’s easy to judge if you’re not struggling with unemployment.
Yes, let’s just comply with the racism in society by changing all our names to European ones, that’s a fantastic idea 🤦🏻
@Opal Miner not made up at all. Here you go: www.google.co.za/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/uk-46927417 OR: www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/17/minority-ethnic-britons-face-shocking-job-discrimination OR: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/07/white-working-class-bigotry-midde-income-earners-prejudice OR: www.theguardian.com/money/2009/oct/18/racism-discrimination-employment-undercover .... All of the above were about job discrimination, and there are plenty more. Please stop assuming that just because you may not experience discrimination, that others can afford to be as in the dark as you, about the realities around them. There’s been a movement in the last few years for nameless job applications to prevent unconscious bias and discrimination. Also, someone above mentioned a few studies, which you should probably read. Education is the way to fight discrimination.
I'm not sure where this statistic comes from. There have been a number of studies roughly on this subject, though: digital.library.ryerson.ca/islandora/object/RULA%3A5285 Rupa, B., Reitz, J.G., Oreopoulos, P. (2017). Do large employers treat racial minorities more fairly? a new analysis of Canadian field experiment data. Toronto: R.F. Harney Professorship and Program in Ethnic, Immigration and Pluralism Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2018047 Oreopoulos, Philip and Dechief, Diane, Why Do Some Employers Prefer to Interview Matthew, but Not Samir? New Evidence from Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver (February 2012). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=2018047 or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2018047 Kang, S. K., DeCelles, K. A., Tilcsik, A., & Jun, S. (2016). Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market. Administrative Science Quarterly, 61(3), 469-502. doi.org/10.1177/0001839216639577 (pdf available if you google the title) I think they're all available for the general public.
Wow, that's incredible. Could you do us a favour and post a link to the source for that completely made up statistic?
He jokes but his dad is probably right, even if it’s just the first name. You can have an unfamiliar first name or an unfamiliar last name, but people probably get so uncomfortable when you have both.
@Terence Jay I briefly dated a first generation Indian guy whose name was Richard. He told me his older sister had a more traditional name, but after his parents messed up and didn’t make sure she could speak English by the time they enrolled in kindergarten (she was born in the US but they apparently just never spoke English to or around her often), they did a full pivot and gave him a Christian name and spoke nothing but English around him. There is definitely a middle ground to these two extremes (and I’m not criticizing parents for either, there is many factors to consider), and I’ve had first generation friends both as the child and parent have a wide spectrum of experiences, especially with the name and language thing. Everyone just wants to do their best for their child.
I employed a young Sikh lad as a 'Saturday boy', who ended up working full time. After a while he came in without his turban, which annoyed his Grandfather no end. But, his name was David. I asked him what his Sikh name was ( you can't really say Christian name..) and he said 'David'.
@Swaran Bains that's when you're middle class and you have the luxury to not be in survival mode anymore
@Swaran Bains in what context? all I know is I'm a recruiter and Indians with indian first names have a HUGE disadvantage for most jobs that have a big indian pool, e.g. software engineers
@roodles funny thing is nowadays it’s the opposite many middle class indians are opting for the complex names- it’s like india has the oldest civilisation in the world and most ‘British names’ are christian and not even British to begin with
I actually wonder what people imagine I look like based on my very Caucasian name. I’m sure when they meet me they’re surprised that I’m an Indian- Australian.
@Rage Fury sup buddy
I have a German-derived first name and generic sounding "Christian" last name, so when I show up as a magnanimous Canadian black woman with (barber cut) short hair, people are sometimes "surprised". Which is always apparent in the confused giggle fused with "well hello there". It never gets old.
@Meowy Meowerson who's making accounts with their real name?
@Rage Fury her name is right there lol
What's your name bro
Time to learn Tamil
Jo Nathan rang A Nathan. They were brothers and hadn't caught up in a while.
Oh, my god. I have a similar story, my first name is Jonathan too(for starters) but I go by my middle name(family tradition). At home my family has never, not even once called me Jonathan so first day of first grade in school all the desks had notebooks on them. I went around the room and the teacher asked me if I was in the wrong room, I said, "No, there is a book with my last name on it, but not my first name" My parents failed to tell me I had a secret identity too.
Same... I go by my middle name, too...
Do parents not tell kids their full names??
This happened to my best friend. She found out what her first name was on her first day of school. She had always been called by her middle name. It was hilarious. But also for her extremely confusing...
Is it not common for Asian kids in the UK to have an English first name? Here in the US, lots of Asian immigrant parents give their kids American names to better fit in, not be teased for their name, and more opportunities job wise
(Jo + Ranga)nathan
lol same 🤣
However arf TIM
I feel him on the language bit
It's funny because it's true.
I’m white and Aussie, but I have eyes that don’t look 6th generation Australian shall we say. That plus my accent, when I moved to NZ I would always get “Where are you from?” I would say my suburb in Auckland. “No, where are you from before that?” Me *suburb name before my current residence* “No, where are you parents from?” Me: “Wellington.” (True for one parent) I would just see how far I could push them until they dropped it or demanded my ethnicity 😂😂😂 I’m white so I don’t get it enough to be sensitive about it. I felt like it was my duty to make people admit they were trying to be racist 😂😂😂
@Efflorescentey okay, they just sound like tools then. 😅
@glockenrein no, a lot of people end up asking about my ethnicity. Then I finally admit I’m Australian and my family has been there since they came from Ireland as convicts. That makes them mad.
I really wouldn’t call this racist. Annoyingly curious maybe. Also people might not know the word ethnicity so “where are you from” is just the way they phrase it.
@Al Rats it’s just because they get asked a million times in a row and it really makes them feel like you’re pointing out that they’re different. Have you ever been in a cast? Most people eventually get so sick of strangers asking what happened.
You don't have to be racist to be curious about people's ethnicity. I always want to know people's ethnicity if it's not something I recognise. I'm also happy to reveal my own ethnicity to anyone who enquires, though it's not hard to guess for most people. I wish I could start a conversation with those who look mixed race by just asking them if they are mixed race. I don't understand why it's frowned upon to ask about ethnicity but not where people are from. I was born in one place, grew up in three different places and now live elsewhere; so I don't even know where I'm from but I know my roots.
Yo i found out my first name on my first day at school too🤣🤣🤣 are all sri lankan parents the same🤣🤣🤣
I love how the cadence of the crowd's laughter rises and falls every now and then - nice acoustics!
I'm the same as romesh I thought my name was Katie till I started school then it turns out its actually Catherine
I went to school with a Neville Patel.
was he a halfie?
@Tim Harris LOLOLOL!
My secondary school had 3 different Jason Kim's
@Galaxy Lucia I'll have you know we were all Slytherin.
Was he a Griffindor??😂😂 Sorry I had to lol!
This guy surpose to be funny I don't think so he ain't at all another political correctness comedian
This is like being a British born Nigerian lol