The host of this show doesn't know what his name is. What a weird dilemma. It goes deeper than you would ever guess. In this episode, "the host", formerly known as Chuck Wilde is having some identity issues. Particularly in the Public Internet Personality realm. He really needs your help and will just keep going crazier until he decides on something. Check out the show notes at https://thenomadtheory.simplecast.fm/96147677 for a more explicit explanation of "the host's" thoughts on this pressing matter. Thanks for listening, and stay wild!
So, this may get long and wordy. but any advice or thoughts you guys can provide would help me greatly.
I still haven't decided what I will publicly call myself and it's been the biggest obstacle keeping me from shipping to anyone besides my grandma.
Thanks for listening, and stay wild!
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Here we go.
I love this name. I resonate with it and think it is unique and beautiful. I like introducing myself as Aodhán in person.
It is pronounced like "Aidan" or "Aiden", which you might have seen elsewhere.
Needless to say, this is confusing in an internet to real life translation. With podcasting and blogging we rely on presenting a combination of text and audio and eventually video, so I want the probably translation to make sense.
My thoughts have been that the written form of "Aodhán" is too confusing and my name would be passed between listeners and readers with an incorrect pronunciation.
2) While traveling in 2017, I had a variety of nicknames; Chuck, Charlie, Chuck-o-late, Chuckroona, and Charles.
I never went by "Aodhán" for almost a year.
Which is why I thought Chuck was a good name for the podcast. It is easy to pass along and I liked saying it on mic.
3) The last name "Wilde" came from this quote by Oscar Wilde;
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a
mask, and he will tell you the truth."
Was Oscar Wilde's real name Oscar Wilde?
I thought Chuck Wilde sounded cool and it rhymed with Buck Wild, which is hilarious.
While hilarious, it does make me seem less "professional".
But then again, Snoop Dogg's real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. and people take him very "professionally". I doubt he would have made it in Compton as Calvin.
My primary love and art form is writing. In particular, a travel novel that I am working on right now and hope to one day release on THE NOMAD THEORY podcast.
A.C. Ridenour seems to fit a narrow balance between weird, but not so weird that people can't pronounce it.
Not that I have a bunch of people who know me as Chuck Wilde, but it's something.
So, yes. I'm making myself insane over this. And I know it will all be fine in the long term. But for now, I really just want to decide on something I feel confident sharing.
Which name do you like best and why?
Sorry for this dissertation of a post, but I am really happy to finally be active in this group and I look forward to creating awesome stuff with you guys over the years.
Feel free to send me an email at thenomadtheory@gmail.com
Stay wild folks,
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