That’s par for the course my dude. Married a Filipina and it’s like sucking on a warhead. So bitter your wanna spit it out and then so sweet you’re desperate for more. True story my wife will regularly call me Idiot when we argue and then turn around and call me Yam. My name is Don. So where does the name Yam come from? You Are Mine. That’s her name for me. That’s how much a Filipina will love you dude. Right down to your fucking name she gives you she’s declaring that you are her true love. But she also won’t hold back calling you retarded if you do something stupid. 😂
"Ko" does mean "mine" or "my" but if your Aunt is from the Kapampangan region, your nickname "Jo" or "Dyo" also means "LOVE." That makes "Joko" mean "My Love."
@@ednaquinte5832 I don't know. That's why I put an "if" in my statement.😉 Jokoy does talk like he's shouting all the time even when it's just casual talk, a typical Kapampangan trait.😂
As a Korean-Filipino, this hits close to home HAHA. I have my Korean name, I have my Filipino name, and when I am at my relatives in the Philippines, they dont use either of the two and call me by the name they invented for me HAHA
So glad he used *Jo Koy* ...because hearing the PA announcer say "Ladies and Gentlemen Let's Welcome To The Stage Joseph Herbert!* ~ Just doesn't have the same ring to it! :-)
True story: My mom didn't know my dad's real name when they met. He went by his nickname "Boogie James." They got married within those two weeks they met. When signing the marriage license, she thought aloud "WHO'S FLORO?!!! I THOUGHT HIS NAME WAS JAMES!!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Fun facts: My name is Florence and I'm my dad's junior. I have an older brother named James by my mother. She calls my dad "Boog" for short. My father who served the US Navy wasn't home when my brother was born. If he was home he would've named him Floro Jr. My brother said "If you named me Floro, I wouldn't go to school." 😂😂😂😂
@@florence3901 there’s only one explanation for a nickname like that either your dad moonlight d as A) male entertainer B)pimp Or C)Drug dealer Well that or was known fir fucking killing it on the dance floor
We were in Boracay one year. A guy was asking if I wanted to do standup paddleboarding. My wife calls me Kulot (for my hair). The guy started calling me Sir Kulot, completely seriously as well. Sir because he was being polite and Kulot because he thought that was my nickname. I'm a white Irishman. Still doesn't matter. Filipinos default to nicknames way more than most.
Indian mothers are like that too, call you with all sorts of names (desserts to be exact). I once asked my mom why calls me a different dessert each time she tells because she is never satisfied with words to express her love ❤️
And if she came from the province of Pampanga, "JO" is also a term of endearment meaning "dear", usually used by traditional Kapampangan couples. (I know this because my grandparents and parents call each other JO) So she might be calling you "My dear" for all we know. 😊
It's a Filipino thing. The range of nicknames and how far-fetched they are from our real names is just epic. Like someone's name would be. Abigail Marie and her nickname will be Star. 😂😂😂😂
I tripped when he mentioned Filipinos calling naming their children one name and calling them another xD and most of the time it's not even close to your real name hahahaah
I actually have 3 nicknames. One was given to me by my family, one from my classmates, and one from my closest friends. Swear to god, I shift personality depending on which name I'm called. #Filipinothings
True. I'm Monette. One of my Titas call me Motitay. Another one calls me Muning. In school I'm Netski. And when my mom is angry with me I'm Monita. Hahahaha!
I'm Indonesian and completely can relate. My sister has 3 different nicknames. One for work, one for family and one for friends. I have two and some of my closest friends have their own nicknames for me. And depending on that, I either feel closer or more distant to them.
Thats exactly what probably happened. I will say for a fact, filipino mothers love to mash words together when they wanna get you to eat or come to them.
Jo Koy is one of the very best comedians the world has to offer. The last several years has been one big hay day for stand-up. Some of the best specials ever . We’re seeing some of the funniest men and women ever to grace the stage in stand-up comedy at this time. Enjoy it, because believe me.. it won’t always be like this.
I think I know how this misunderstanding happened. Filipinos say hoy/‘oy at the beginning or end of a sentence to get the notices by the person they’re directing their attention towards so I think his tita/auntie said “Jo ko ‘oy.” but since he was upstairs with his cousin he misheard it and through she said “Jo Koy.”
Dios De Hueco Mundo Maybe he just prefers that name. My dad calls his friend Allen “alien” bc he thinks it’s a fun word to say and meh, close enough to “Allen” 😂
I remember my uncle, aunties relatives in the philippines call me and my cousins by different nicknames like mamonlok, buleklek, totoy, Jobo, Nene, kentot etc. It probably shows how people bond and shows their attachment or closeness to you. It doesnt mean anything bad think of it as more of a bonding
Joko in javanese means bachelor. The first time I was recommended Jo Koy's video by youtube, I thought he's Indonesian who become a comedian in America 😂
Being a Filipino, having a nickname that's so different and far from your real name is surely special. Like I don't let anyone know my nickname but if you do, it means we're close friends. My family never calls me by my real name always the nickname but if my Mom or Aunt does use my real name, it means I'm in trouble.
"They name you one thing and call ypu something else." damn this hits close to home. My name is Joshua and all my relatives call me Jimbo. idk where'd that come from
Pfft. Imagine if you're named after your father - and you're from visayas. You will be called "gamay or junyor" all throughout your life. Yeah, sucks to be me.
I had a similar thing with my son. A lady asked me why I named my son “Francisco” thinking “oh you named him after San Francisco right?” I told her no he isn’t “Francisco” his name is “Francis Ko”. And when she asked I explained that because my son is half Filipino my wife always adds “Ko” after his name. And when I told her what “Ko” meant and that what I was really calling him was “my Francis” she had the same crying reaction. 😂 I love being part of this culture so much. So much passion and love.
I'm an American of Mexican descent and forever, including up to today (I'm 63), I am called by"mi hijo" which is Spanish for "my son" by all my living aunts and uncles on Mom's side. Mom and my grandparents are gone and I sorely miss my Mom calling me by that diminutive. . In real time it hits the ear as mee-ho. I also have second name. It's Gary-boy. When they are talking about me they still use it and it makes me feel warm and secure.
Oh my gosh, for any non-Filipinos out there, I cannot even BEGIN to describe how sweet it is that his aunt calls him that :( It's literally "My Joe" 😭 can you imagine a sweet old lady calling you that :(( My grandma calls me "darling ko" which means "my darling" I swear to god I'm gonna CRY gshshdgsigk
i can't stop laughing! Love how he made those Filipino's usual practices so humorous. HAHAHAHA! Kinda true though. Gotta agree that he's one of the best stand up comedian in the world! Most Filipinos would agree. (:
Indonesian people did this too. They named you something and ur friends called you with ur father's name or something else. It's real. And sometimes they didn't even know ur real name. Like really... They wanna come to ur home but they don't know where it is exactly, and they will ask ur neighbor but they don't even know ur real name. And neighbors are like "who the fuck is that? I live here for 10 years and I don't know who you're looking for. " And ur friend will tell them ur father's name and "ooh him. That's right over there" Like really O.o I did that too. Lmao. Our name are just too long or too common. So we are lazy to remember and just called ppl whatever we like. And it stays with u forever. 1 person can have multiple nicknames here.
@@jedidiahs.3047 I've read no comments and posted what I said randomly right after watching the vid, Imagine two people having similar thoughts?! Also imagine taking time to complain about random stuff on youtube!
I had to explain to my German wife why all my cousins have a name and then something else we call them. When we named our kids the nicknames were a legit part of the discussion. Also, from reading a few of these responses, I now realize the repeated syllable nickname thing is not only my family. Lol.
This is so true. My entire family has a nickname COMPLETELY different from their actual names 🤣🤣🤣🤣 if someone calls you that nickname then you know they are family.
Our family uses our baby names and its always the repeating ones. Red is Yeyad, Bless id Bebe, Ryu is Yayong, Chiyo is Teyong, Ralph is YapYap. Some how we owe it all to our bunso Teyong because thats how he pronounce our names when he was a little kid. :D And up until now we still use this even we're grown ass adults. HAHAHA
I was expecting an entirely different punch line when he told that her aunt wasn't calling her Jo Koy. I was already laughing hard because I thought he was going to say she called her "syokoy" as an insult. But it turned into a more wholesome story instead. Edit: here's an excerpt of syokoy in wikipedia: The Siyokoy (Syokoy) are creatures in Philippine mythology which were members of Bantay Tubig (merfolk). They are usually illustrated as green-skinned humanoids with scales, webbed limbs, and fins.
I'm Filipino and my name is Jophet but they call me Pedro which is my father's nickname, everytime someone calls pedro, me and my father responds..hahaha
Neneng is standard for girls tho. Same with utoy or totoy for boys. There are way more unconventional ones like my aunt's for example. Legal name Jonalette, nickname Duds. Like how??
Neneng i think usually goes for the eldest daughter because an aunt on my mother's side goes by the same nickname. Tl;dr: filipino nickname semantics are weird af
Everyone in my family calls my great uncle "Uncle Dada" because apprently when I was young I heard some relatives calling him "Uncle" and some relatives calling him "Dad" and one day tiny little me called him "Uncle Dada" and it has stuck since 🤣🤣🤣
I just realize, since Indonesian and Tagalog have similarities, "ko" in Talagog means "ku" in Indonesian. "Ku" is from the word "Aku" means "My / I". So, if Jo Koy is Indonesian and he also misheard his name, it would be Jo Kuy. In Indonesian slang, "Kuy" can be mean "lets go". So, if his aunty said "Jo-ku, makan" (My Jo, eat), and he heard "Jo, kuy, makan" (Jo, let's go eat), it still makes sense, but his aunty is really posh then.
If I'm not mistaken, Indonesian and Tagalog share the same language family (all the way back Sanskrit I believe) and through time (and Spanish colonization) changed.
@@benrasjid it's an Ilokano word. One of dialect in our country. But in our national language,"KAIN".Seems like Luzon have more similar Malay's and Indonesian words. In Mindanao,they have Spanish words. Maybe Indonesian and Malay settled in Luzon area before
@@phoebelyngonzales3899 from what I learn before, Tagalog and Malay shared a common ancestor. Maybe that's why we shared some words across the archipelago.
Haha "You're the one who keeps saying f**-ing Jo Koy, I don't know who the F--K that is every Netflix special 'Coming to the stage, Jo Koy"...... "I'm like 'who the f-+k is that? It's Jo Ko" 😂😆 what a gold mine LMAO
Marvin Agustin loves your jokes #JOKOY love your comedy love your jokes! Just being proud of you cause your a Filipino and ofcourse your good! Godbless your mom for raising you with our culture 💪😘🙏💪❤️
My Inay went on a nickname binge when she had my dad and my aunts and uncles. Norberto/Bert (my dad) - Bitong Nerissa/Rhiza - Isang (my cousins and I call her Rhiza) Noel - Boyet Nessandra/Sandra - Yayay Nathan (my brother) - Totoy Nadia (my sister) - Neneng Neil (me) - Bucnoy Noah (my nephew) - Biboy (Short for big boy haha)
At work in a previous company, my staff have the most unusual nicknames. Becky was chicken, Fred was Shrimp, Joel was Squid, Jess was ‘Dead’ (because his family name is a name of a funeral parlor), Susan was Peanuts, Antonio was Rice. The fun begins when they are called out.
"I know who you are. I'm not stupid."
That mood whiplash was gold
Real sheet dude.
🤣
That’s par for the course my dude. Married a Filipina and it’s like sucking on a warhead. So bitter your wanna spit it out and then so sweet you’re desperate for more.
True story my wife will regularly call me Idiot when we argue and then turn around and call me Yam. My name is Don. So where does the name Yam come from? You Are Mine. That’s her name for me. That’s how much a Filipina will love you dude. Right down to your fucking name she gives you she’s declaring that you are her true love. But she also won’t hold back calling you retarded if you do something stupid. 😂
“They name you one thing and call you something else” Can confirm 😂
Nakakamind blown hhahha
Same here named one thing called something else all my life!! And bad part I have done that to my nieces and grandkids
That’s like... every family though
CAN CONFIRM
My mom named named me ken but calls me by “Hoy! Pangit!”
"Ko" does mean "mine" or "my" but if your Aunt is from the Kapampangan region, your nickname "Jo" or "Dyo" also means "LOVE." That makes "Joko" mean "My Love."
Is jokoys family kapampangan?
@@ednaquinte5832 I don't know. That's why I put an "if" in my statement.😉 Jokoy does talk like he's shouting all the time even when it's just casual talk, a typical Kapampangan trait.😂
Omg are you kapampangan?
@@elainepanganiban5042 Yes I am.
Oh
The highlight of this story for me is when he said "all my merchandise, misspelled". I legit laughed tears 😅
🙋👈🤣🤣🤣
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As a Korean-Filipino, this hits close to home HAHA. I have my Korean name, I have my Filipino name, and when I am at my relatives in the Philippines, they dont use either of the two and call me by the name they invented for me HAHA
😭😭😭
😭💀💀
What do they call you?
@@john23del mixed
My nickname is not even close to my real name. Huhu
In every Filipino family, there is one guy who is nicknamed "Boy"
"nene" and "totoy" too hahahhaha
Interesting. I don’t know a single Boy, Nene, nor Totoy.
@@nmbnmbnmb well i don't know about you but i sure know some who has nickname 'nene', 'toto' and 'boy'╮(╯∀╰)╭
My oldest nephew was nicknamed the boy. We were said when he turned 21. Also my sister had another boy sooo.
My brother's name is Renato but we call him "Boy" and my name is Nestor but they call me "Bulik" a rare color of a roster.
I cried a little after hearing the real story behind Jokoy's name. So touching!
Got all teary too D: So touching
Same. Then he hits you with a laugh. Pure comedic genius.
I laughed and cried at the same time you might consider it tears of joy as well
Damn people are easy to please
Tita Evelyn probably said, "Jo ko, hoy! Eat!" She's not stupid; Sep-sep just didn't catch tita's taglish.
Exactly lol
Joko is a male name in Indonesia 😁
@@gadgetgasspoll2923 yang belakangan nya pake Widodo ya gan?
sep-sep ahhh Filipino nicknames at it's best 🤩
HIGH CHANCE
My sisters call me *"DOY"*
My friends call me *"TOY"*
My bestfriend call me *"GOY"*
And my real name is *"ALEXIS"*
true story. 🤣
that's hella pinoy
My first name is Maria
My friends call me Gloria
My family call me Teri
Is your best friend Jewish?
this could be a trend
@@magnumopus1628 Thats not a great name to be called, I'd talk to my friend something fierce if one ever called me that.
*"How fucking sweet is that? 😭"*
Gave me feels! 🤗
The foot stomp 🤣
@@reek0w Right!!! 🤭
Me too
I was waiting for the punchline to be that she called him "Joke Boy" and the accent made it into Jo Koy. Reality was better.
I thought it was mispronounced ‘joker’
I was waiting for “broke boi” honestly
Yup 🙂
Imah Comedy ll
So glad he used *Jo Koy* ...because hearing the PA announcer say "Ladies and Gentlemen Let's Welcome To The Stage Joseph Herbert!* ~ Just doesn't have the same ring to it! :-)
Also anyone that spoke the language probably would think it was weird if he was introduced as "my jo"
It's the same deal when you say "gabriel iglesias" it sounds better to say "fluffy"
Itz An Opinion “LADIES & GENTLEMEN..... PLEASE WELCOME THE........ JOKE-BOY!
Hilariously, its phonetically close to shokoy. Not roasting the dude but c'mon; you watch jezebel and that term sticks with you for DECADES.
Well. He wouldn’t be able to do an entire show about Asians if he was Joseph Herbert.
Love me some Joseph Glenn Herbert ❤️
Lol even on text it sucks
His mom always calls him Josep (because Filipinos do not have a "f")
It sounds like a depressed 40 year old accountant.
It’s crazy, as a Filipino I knew my nickname first before I found out about my real name lmao
MEEEEE
Everyone!
I remember when I was a kinder I wrote my nick name on the name tag I thought that was my name and my mom told me my real name it's embarrassing
@@jbgplayz2891 I'll tell you mine, if you tell me yours.
@@jayak8217 lol they never said it 4 months later
True story: My mom didn't know my dad's real name when they met. He went by his nickname "Boogie James." They got married within those two weeks they met. When signing the marriage license, she thought aloud "WHO'S FLORO?!!! I THOUGHT HIS NAME WAS JAMES!!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Fun facts: My name is Florence and I'm my dad's junior. I have an older brother named James by my mother. She calls my dad "Boog" for short.
My father who served the US Navy wasn't home when my brother was born. If he was home he would've named him Floro Jr.
My brother said "If you named me Floro, I wouldn't go to school." 😂😂😂😂
That’s a funny story 😂
Hahaha boogie James the hell he get that nickname from
@@rokkfel4999 I have no idea! Truth is no Filipino nickname makes sense lol.
@@florence3901 there’s only one explanation for a nickname like that either your dad moonlight d as A) male entertainer
B)pimp
Or C)Drug dealer
Well that or was known fir fucking killing it on the dance floor
😂😂😂
I grew up in Hawaii, I have a Filipino friend who is named Noel. . . . . we call him Jon Jon, his Mom calls him Jon Jon.
does he have a Jr. in his name? 😁
@@shuwinpalmYT He might, I'll have to hop on facebook and ask him.
it’s either he has Jr. on his name or he’s the youngest sibling or son
You sould call him..
HO-HO-HO..lol..
(In spanish Papa Noel is 🎅)
His complete first name might be John Noel
“My Jo.” 😍😍😍😍. She said bucking Jokoy. Lmao
Mimi Mimi They don’t the letter “F” in Tagalog just like we don’t use the “R” in Cantonese..... E.G. instead of saying “WATER” we say “WATA”.
In Filipino, F=P and V=B. We have no F and V in our alphabet.
We were in Boracay one year. A guy was asking if I wanted to do standup paddleboarding. My wife calls me Kulot (for my hair). The guy started calling me Sir Kulot, completely seriously as well. Sir because he was being polite and Kulot because he thought that was my nickname. I'm a white Irishman. Still doesn't matter. Filipinos default to nicknames way more than most.
Indian mothers are like that too, call you with all sorts of names (desserts to be exact). I once asked my mom why calls me a different dessert each time she tells because she is never satisfied with words to express her love ❤️
🥺🥺🥺🥺♥️
I love how he gets along with his audience 😭😭 that shows how humble he is
I'm a Filipino
My real name is Pamela
They call me 'iryang'
At this point i'm too afraid to ask why lol
Don't ask why because there's no deep reason behind it 😂😂
Don't ask why because there's no deep reason behind it 😂😂
Same situation with me. My first name is Genrey and everyone calls me Ino. Where the hell did they get that haha
@@Pichipieify par at least pasado ka sa japan looool.
"Ore no namae wa Ino."
Sup iryang
And if she came from the province of Pampanga, "JO" is also a term of endearment meaning "dear", usually used by traditional Kapampangan couples. (I know this because my grandparents and parents call each other JO)
So she might be calling you "My dear" for all we know. 😊
Eyy fellow kapampangan 😂👊
@@Hot_rodz ayyyeow!
It's a Filipino thing. The range of nicknames and how far-fetched they are from our real names is just epic. Like someone's name would be. Abigail Marie and her nickname will be Star. 😂😂😂😂
Or Baby. Hahahaa
my lolo called me by my middle name
my cousin name is Carlo
his nickname is Dagul😂😂😂
my name is John
my nickname is Chok-Chok😂
My name is Ivy and my nickname is Bubbles
@@matahari2667or boy
I tripped when he mentioned Filipinos calling naming their children one name and calling them another xD and most of the time it's not even close to your real name hahahaah
I am a Filipina and I do this with my daughter. I call her "Yanna ko" meaning "my Yanna". 🤣 It is so damn relatable.
Her nickname will be Yanako and everyone will wonder if she is japanese. 🤣😂
I actually have 3 nicknames. One was given to me by my family, one from my classmates, and one from my closest friends. Swear to god, I shift personality depending on which name I'm called. #Filipinothings
Yeah
True. I'm Monette. One of my Titas call me Motitay. Another one calls me Muning. In school I'm Netski. And when my mom is angry with me I'm Monita. Hahahaha!
I'm Indonesian and completely can relate. My sister has 3 different nicknames. One for work, one for family and one for friends. I have two and some of my closest friends have their own nicknames for me. And depending on that, I either feel closer or more distant to them.
Maybe his aunt was saying "Jo ko, 'oy! Eat." And maybe the aunt said it without pauses so it sounded like "Jo Koy, eat."
Thats exactly what probably happened. I will say for a fact, filipino mothers love to mash words together when they wanna get you to eat or come to them.
Makes sense
Whether it's Jo Koy or JoKo, he's funny as hell. That's all that matters.
"What?"
"He's an imposter?"
Cracks me up everytime 😂
Jo Koy is one of the very best comedians the world has to offer. The last several years has been one big hay day for stand-up. Some of the best specials ever . We’re seeing some of the funniest men and women ever to grace the stage in stand-up comedy at this time. Enjoy it, because believe me.. it won’t always be like this.
*"They name you one thing and they call you something else"*
Yeah like my name is Christopher and they call me "kiko" like how!
Kiko is adorable but I also would've been embarrassed as a kid if someone called me that in front of my friends 😅
kiko hahahahaha
@@diosdehuecomundo yo! kiko is such a cool nickname i must say. how is it embarrassing?
I thought they call you Bron like wtf man
Ify😆 my name is Khristine and they call me Kim, where did that come from?🤣
I think I know how this misunderstanding happened. Filipinos say hoy/‘oy at the beginning or end of a sentence to get the notices by the person they’re directing their attention towards so I think his tita/auntie said “Jo ko ‘oy.” but since he was upstairs with his cousin he misheard it and through she said “Jo Koy.”
And we say 'Oy' because the Japanese says it. I love Filipino semantics. You get a little bit of everything from English to Spanish to Oriental.
In Filipino Language "koy" derives from the word "ko" which means "my". So its my jo koy. Sample PAREKOY, (My friend) BABYKOY(My baby)
Well thats close enough
Makes sense.
Or like anak ko
This is true, much like Butchukoy which is derived from bunso ko means my youngest 🤷🏻♀️
He can save the one with no 'y' for his family 😊
That’s actually incredibly sweet. ♥️
Love how Jokoy still dresses the way Tan France advised. Looks good!
My parents named me "Sylvestre", my friends calls me "stallone".
Haha, that’s pretty slick!
My Name Is Brandon But They Call Me Bitch
My ex's name is justin and my dad kept calling him jason. For no reason AT ALL.
Hahaha
Dios De Hueco Mundo Maybe he just prefers that name. My dad calls his friend Allen “alien” bc he thinks it’s a fun word to say and meh, close enough to “Allen” 😂
Today I learned that Marvin Agustin likes quality humor.
2:23
Siya ba yun?
Omsim si marvin nga haha
Yep and beside her is was Assunta De Rossi
Looking for this comment. Ty
Woah di q napancn un ah 🤣
2:21 was that Marvin Agustin ? My Filipino Homies, that was him right ?
Yaaaazzzz!!
Oh yeah that him. Look at that nice face hair 😎🤘
Liza calzado was also i forgot which part
2:22 to be exact
The kid beside him is very cute
I remember my uncle, aunties relatives in the philippines call me and my cousins by different nicknames like mamonlok, buleklek, totoy, Jobo, Nene, kentot etc. It probably shows how people bond and shows their attachment or closeness to you. It doesnt mean anything bad think of it as more of a bonding
Well assigning and calling you with a nickname just shows the amount of closeness or how dear the person is to you.
Joko in javanese means bachelor. The first time I was recommended Jo Koy's video by youtube, I thought he's Indonesian who become a comedian in America 😂
I got teary eyes, this is precious
Being a Filipino, having a nickname that's so different and far from your real name is surely special. Like I don't let anyone know my nickname but if you do, it means we're close friends. My family never calls me by my real name always the nickname but if my Mom or Aunt does use my real name, it means I'm in trouble.
“WHAT! HES AN IMPOSTOR!” 🤣🤣🤣
Jo Koy either way. Your an amazing comedian. Have me laughing every time. Your jokes are so down to earth.
I haven’t laughed that hard in a long time. I am Filipino and I can confirm that this is so true.
"When you bring me out, can you introduce me as
Jo Koy?"
your're awful Murray
Bring on the clown.
lmao
God damn it lol
Close enough. 😂
"They name you one thing and call ypu something else." damn this hits close to home.
My name is Joshua and all my relatives call me Jimbo. idk where'd that come from
Same. My full name is Sharon Rose. But everyone calls me Cha. I go by Cha my whole life except legally. 😅
My brother’s name is Edgel Wyne. He has been called “Dowie” ever since. I can’t do the Math how they arrived to that nickname 😣
Joshua Felicilda it’s not even just “Jimbo”, it’s “Jeem-bohhh”
Pfft. Imagine if you're named after your father - and you're from visayas. You will be called "gamay or junyor" all throughout your life. Yeah, sucks to be me.
My name is Reymond Jude yet they call me Bong... Like wtf.
I had a similar thing with my son. A lady asked me why I named my son “Francisco” thinking “oh you named him after San Francisco right?” I told her no he isn’t “Francisco” his name is “Francis Ko”. And when she asked I explained that because my son is half Filipino my wife always adds “Ko” after his name. And when I told her what “Ko” meant and that what I was really calling him was “my Francis” she had the same crying reaction. 😂
I love being part of this culture so much. So much passion and love.
I'm an American of Mexican descent and forever, including up to today (I'm 63), I am called by"mi hijo" which is Spanish for "my son" by all my living aunts and uncles on Mom's side. Mom and my grandparents are gone and I sorely miss my Mom calling me by that diminutive. . In real time it hits the ear as mee-ho. I also have second name. It's Gary-boy. When they are talking about me they still use it and it makes me feel warm and secure.
Oh my gosh, for any non-Filipinos out there, I cannot even BEGIN to describe how sweet it is that his aunt calls him that :( It's literally "My Joe" 😭 can you imagine a sweet old lady calling you that :(( My grandma calls me "darling ko" which means "my darling" I swear to god I'm gonna CRY gshshdgsigk
i can't stop laughing! Love how he made those Filipino's usual practices so humorous. HAHAHAHA! Kinda true though. Gotta agree that he's one of the best stand up comedian in the world! Most Filipinos would agree. (:
My cousin's name is Claudine. We call her Monang.
Her sister's name is Jenny. We call her Kyla.
Filipino nicknames are weird man.
Lmao
But the tru godly Pilipino nicknames are
Nining, Inday, paning, Neng etc.
Indonesian people did this too.
They named you something and ur friends called you with ur father's name or something else.
It's real.
And sometimes they didn't even know ur real name.
Like really... They wanna come to ur home but they don't know where it is exactly, and they will ask ur neighbor but they don't even know ur real name. And neighbors are like "who the fuck is that? I live here for 10 years and I don't know who you're looking for. " And ur friend will tell them ur father's name and "ooh him. That's right over there"
Like really O.o
I did that too. Lmao.
Our name are just too long or too common. So we are lazy to remember and just called ppl whatever we like. And it stays with u forever. 1 person can have multiple nicknames here.
SquamosS Gamers lmao
My brother's name is Alfonso yup fancy as hell, his nickname is Yamyam bruhhh its still what we call him to this day.
Love this and yes some tears along with laughter... God bless you and thanks for helping me to learn some Filipino.
I don't know why I am crying, I lost my aunt in 2018, she loved me like her son
"All my merchandises, misspelled" 😂😂
I thought it was going to be that she was just calling him Joke Boy and he misheard it as Jo Koy.
Lol u just copied what that other guy said and got much more likes
@@jedidiahs.3047 Wut?
Will Kels u heard me the other guy got tons of likes so u copied him
@@jedidiahs.3047 I've read no comments and posted what I said randomly right after watching the vid, Imagine two people having similar thoughts?! Also imagine taking time to complain about random stuff on youtube!
Oh and good for the other guy I'm glad he got a lot of likes.
That is so sweet#!! I call all my Nieces and Nephews "My Baby"!!! 💞💞💞No matter how old they get!😘
AWWWWW!!!! That is not where I thought it was going, but that is so so sweet!!!
So funny & heart centered 💕
Indonesian language and Tagalog come from the same root. If " my Jo" Tagalog is Joko, in Indonesian is Joku (short for Jo aku)
Ako in Filipino means i/me.
Ako ay Filipino = I am a Filipino
Joko in Indonesia means young men... Boys teenager 😊😁
I had to explain to my German wife why all my cousins have a name and then something else we call them. When we named our kids the nicknames were a legit part of the discussion.
Also, from reading a few of these responses, I now realize the repeated syllable nickname thing is not only my family. Lol.
This is so true. My entire family has a nickname COMPLETELY different from their actual names 🤣🤣🤣🤣 if someone calls you that nickname then you know they are family.
Our family uses our baby names and its always the repeating ones. Red is Yeyad, Bless id Bebe, Ryu is Yayong, Chiyo is Teyong, Ralph is YapYap. Some how we owe it all to our bunso Teyong because thats how he pronounce our names when he was a little kid. :D And up until now we still use this even we're grown ass adults. HAHAHA
When your nickname hits you decades later 😁🙏💜this
My first time watching him and I'm already in stitches.he Connected with me instantly.
So funny. Herbert is a rad name, too. One of the funniest men ever. Salamat, JoKoy! 🏆🎭🇵🇭🇨🇦
Jo was hands down the best show ive seen. Never laughed so hard in my life. Highly recommend seeing him anytime
This was so sweet and effing hilarious at the same time
Probably why it sounded like jokoy is cuz she meant to go "Joe ko! Hoy, eat!"
I was expecting an entirely different punch line when he told that her aunt wasn't calling her Jo Koy. I was already laughing hard because I thought he was going to say she called her "syokoy" as an insult. But it turned into a more wholesome story instead.
Edit: here's an excerpt of syokoy in wikipedia:
The Siyokoy (Syokoy) are creatures in Philippine mythology which were members of Bantay Tubig (merfolk). They are usually illustrated as green-skinned humanoids with scales, webbed limbs, and fins.
I'm Filipino and my name is Jophet but they call me Pedro which is my father's nickname, everytime someone calls pedro, me and my father responds..hahaha
filipinos mostly call their sons Boy and their daughters Girlie.
Or Baby.
Niece as Denise and Nephew as Denephew? Jok 😂✌️
I can relate and I have a similar story too as I'm sure a lot of other Filipinos do as well.
It did make me cry too. 😂
I just LOVE 🩵 Jo Ko! 1 of my favs!!!! 😂😁 He's earned everything he's received thus far 👏🏼 Continued blessings 🙏🏼
In the Philippines, you get a name, a nickname, and a Filipino nickname that has NOTHING to do with your name. An example: Patricia > Patti > Neneng
Neneng is standard for girls tho. Same with utoy or totoy for boys. There are way more unconventional ones like my aunt's for example. Legal name Jonalette, nickname Duds. Like how??
Neneng i think usually goes for the eldest daughter because an aunt on my mother's side goes by the same nickname.
Tl;dr: filipino nickname semantics are weird af
@@finnmurtons8727 Duds might be short for Duday, pronounced Dood-i ( I, like in 'I am')...a common nickname for girls
My parents named me “Michael” but everyone calls me (and no BS) “Manok”
At least not “Burnok”
"manok" means "chicken" in one of our native languages.
so,,, ikaw ang bunso? 😂
Maybe u didnt want to come out when u were being born. So Ur mom said “ Manok! “
Ikaw paborito ni Papa mo manok , yun lang talaga yun hahahahaha
Everyone in my family calls my great uncle "Uncle Dada" because apprently when I was young I heard some relatives calling him "Uncle" and some relatives calling him "Dad" and one day tiny little me called him "Uncle Dada" and it has stuck since 🤣🤣🤣
Omg this guy is so funny! “I know who you are” awesome!
Koy still means my in laos
So technically it still means "my Jo "
Growing up I had an older uncle who my dad called “Mang Victor”. It seemed to me at the time like the ultimate sign of respect
I still cant get over this punch line. Effn hilarious😂😂😂
I just realize, since Indonesian and Tagalog have similarities, "ko" in Talagog means "ku" in Indonesian. "Ku" is from the word "Aku" means "My / I". So, if Jo Koy is Indonesian and he also misheard his name, it would be Jo Kuy. In Indonesian slang, "Kuy" can be mean "lets go". So, if his aunty said "Jo-ku, makan" (My Jo, eat), and he heard "Jo, kuy, makan" (Jo, let's go eat), it still makes sense, but his aunty is really posh then.
If I'm not mistaken, Indonesian and Tagalog share the same language family (all the way back Sanskrit I believe) and through time (and Spanish colonization) changed.
Is makan means eat?Because in our dialect(Ilocano in Luzon area)Makan means eat
@@phoebelyngonzales3899 yep makan means eat in Malay (including Indonesian, since it was based on Malay)
@@benrasjid it's an Ilokano word. One of dialect in our country. But in our national language,"KAIN".Seems like Luzon have more similar Malay's and Indonesian words. In Mindanao,they have Spanish words. Maybe Indonesian and Malay settled in Luzon area before
@@phoebelyngonzales3899 from what I learn before, Tagalog and Malay shared a common ancestor. Maybe that's why we shared some words across the archipelago.
Haha "You're the one who keeps saying f**-ing Jo Koy, I don't know who the F--K that is every Netflix special 'Coming to the stage, Jo Koy"...... "I'm like 'who the f-+k is that? It's Jo Ko" 😂😆 what a gold mine LMAO
Marvin Agustin loves your jokes #JOKOY
love your comedy love your jokes! Just being proud of you cause your a Filipino and ofcourse your good! Godbless your mom for raising you with our culture 💪😘🙏💪❤️
I feel my heart crack at hearing JoKo's origin
This is awesome!! I wish I could just hang put with him and my friends. He'd have us crying. Naturally funny!!
My name in birth certificate is Nguyen , and my mom called me Na 😂😂😂
Awww. That's so precious!
Even there is humour in getting his name.. Jo Koy is just hillarious.
My Inay went on a nickname binge when she had my dad and my aunts and uncles.
Norberto/Bert (my dad) - Bitong
Nerissa/Rhiza - Isang (my cousins and I call her Rhiza)
Noel - Boyet
Nessandra/Sandra - Yayay
Nathan (my brother) - Totoy
Nadia (my sister) - Neneng
Neil (me) - Bucnoy
Noah (my nephew) - Biboy (Short for big boy haha)
His Aunt said “Jo Ko eat na!” If you say that fast enough it sounds like Ji Koy because of the letter e in eat.
This accent of ours Filipinos when we speak english and he does it spot on. IT ALWAYS GETS ME LMFAO
When he acts like he's going to cry!! That is so funny!!
I thought she was gonna say 'Joker' but Jo Ko is so sweet
Could have gone Cajun, Hebert is 'A-Bear'. Still throws me off.
My name is Samantha but my dad always called me “chinga su madre”. I feel so special 🤣🤷🏽♀️
The hell lol
At work in a previous company, my staff have the most unusual nicknames. Becky was chicken, Fred was Shrimp, Joel was Squid, Jess was ‘Dead’ (because his family name is a name of a funeral parlor), Susan was Peanuts, Antonio was Rice. The fun begins when they are called out.
That's hilarious
This story made me cry.... 😭 ... Jo Ko .... my Jo ....
He's from the heart I love the guy he's not afraid to apologize if he accidentally offends someone