r/PoursTea • • Aug 09 '26

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u/robyrob Aug 09 '26

Sorry - are you referring to “Raphael Eduardo Cruz”? 

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u/throwfaraway212718 Aug 09 '26

Wait, so where’d he get Ted from?

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u/familiarshadowkatt Aug 09 '26

Ted is a nickname for Edward (Eduardo), though somewhat old-fashioned since most prefer Ed or Eddie.

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u/Tomdv2 Aug 09 '26

It makes him sound less Cuban to the white Republicans of Texas.

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u/throwfaraway212718 Aug 09 '26

Yeah, I’d never heard Ted as a nickname for Edward.

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u/pig-newton Aug 09 '26

You have probably heard of some Edwards that go by Ted, but have never known they were Edwards. For example, Ted Danson and Ted Kennedy.