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 51 points 11 months 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 33 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Edward?

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago

Ed...ward

[–] Masimatutu@mander.xyz 23 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He wanted to hold a TED talk so badly but was too incompetent, so he decided on holding Ted talks instead

[–] tslnox@reddthat.com 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Haaave you met Ted?

[–] RepulsiveDog4415@feddit.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

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

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

Is Ted not commonly used as short for Edward?

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

The contracted form of The Edward.

[–] Pogbom@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

T'ed

tips fedora

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago

Theodore

[–] RepulsiveDog4415@feddit.de 6 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

It is. Like Senator Ted Kennedy.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Ted can be short for Edward.

[–] jcarax@beehaw.org 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] TechAnon@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

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

[–] metalheart@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Glytch@ttrpg.network 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Tedward

[–] Microw@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Tobert

[–] RepulsiveDog4415@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

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

[–] mycatiskai@lemmy.one 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 10 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] devnull406@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months 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 11 months ago

That explains my Aunt Peggy.