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Tweet by San Antonio Express-New, saying: "Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who uses the preferred name Ted, has introduced a bill to limit the use of preferred names and pronouns."

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[–] RepulsiveDog4415@feddit.de 49 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Wait, Ted isn't even one of his names? Of all the names in the world he choose to go with Ted? No disrespect against anyone named Ted but there are cooler names out there...

[–] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

He needed something not so ethnic sounding. Ted is pretty fucking white.

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago
[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] RepulsiveDog4415@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fortunately not and most likely never will (i'm not from the US) :D

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

That one was a reference to the show "How I Met Your Mother"

[–] dellish@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Is Ted not commonly used as short for Edward?

[–] KnowledgeableNip@leminal.space 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The contracted form of The Edward.

[–] Pogbom@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

T'ed

tips fedora

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago
[–] RepulsiveDog4415@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't know. Sorry english is not my first language. Could you explain where the 'T' comes from?

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It is. Like Senator Ted Kennedy.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] jcarax@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But not too short, or he'd end up being Ron DeSantis.

[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I think he's right behind DeSantis in many ways. Right on his heels...

[–] metalheart@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought it was short for Theodore. But I guess Edward works too. I mean why not.

[–] RepulsiveDog4415@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

Is 'Ed' used at all? That i would understand...

[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably because no one would take Eddie Cruz or Raph Cruz seriously.

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago

In Texas? Eddie Cruz sounds like a guy who drives an El Camino and has a cousin named Cooter. He'd have been the presidential nominee in '16.

"Did you hear about Eddie and Cooter? They running for the big house! Get in the pickup, we're gonna go vote!"

[–] Holzkohlen@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Yeah, like Bob. Bob the builder is a productive member of society unlike Ted here.

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ted is a nickname for Edward. Don't ask me how, but it is.

[–] devnull406@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

In medieval England it was trendy to make nicknames by rhyming with a shortened form

Robert -> Rob -> Bob

Richard -> Rick -> Dick

Margaret -> Meg -> Peg

William -> Will -> Bill

All being pretty common examples. This was covered pretty early on in the excellent History of English Podcast

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That explains my Aunt Peggy.