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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."
this post was submitted on 03 Dec 2023
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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...
He needed something not so ethnic sounding. Ted is pretty fucking white.
Edward?
Ed...ward
He wanted to hold a TED talk so badly but was too incompetent, so he decided on holding Ted talks instead
Haaave you met Ted?
Fortunately not and most likely never will (i'm not from the US) :D
That one was a reference to the show "How I Met Your Mother"
Is Ted not commonly used as short for Edward?
The contracted form of The Edward.
T'ed
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Theodore
I wouldn't know. Sorry english is not my first language. Could you explain where the 'T' comes from?
It is. Like Senator Ted Kennedy.
Ted can be short for Edward.
But not too short, or he'd end up being Ron DeSantis.
I think he's right behind DeSantis in many ways. Right on his heels...
I thought it was short for Theodore. But I guess Edward works too. I mean why not.
Tedward
Tobert
Is 'Ed' used at all? That i would understand...
Probably because no one would take Eddie Cruz or Raph Cruz seriously.
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!"
Yeah, like Bob. Bob the builder is a productive member of society unlike Ted here.
Ted is a nickname for Edward. Don't ask me how, but it is.
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
That explains my Aunt Peggy.