Vanity: Why does Cruz call himslef "Ted" his real name is Rafael Edward Cruz. I am so confussed.

2-16-2916 | Question

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

just wondering...

[Georgia Girl 2]

“Have you worn a uniform and fought for your country?”

Well not a Japanese one. :-)

[stellaluna]

Last year at a family funeral I discovered that Uncle Ramrod’s aka Rod real name was John. I had no idea.

[LucyT]

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[Oztrich Boy]

You know that there's this thing called Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward

Short forms include Ed, Eddy, Eddie, Ted, Teddy, Woody and Ned.

[Oztrich Boy]

He was called Bill all his life.....

Like James Butler Hickok?

[Darnright]

I guess you don’t realize that Ted is a fairly common nickname for Edward? You know, like Edward Kennedy a.k.a. Ted Kennedy?

[Darnright]

Wait, Will is a nickname for Wilber?? That cannot be because everybody knows it’s the nickname of people named William!

[deport]

Teds by the dozens.........

http://www.ranker.com/list/famous-people-named-ted/reference

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

I get that but how does Edward become Ted?

[Brown Deer]

Everyone calls him “Ted”.

How do you pronounce that name?

[Brown Deer]

Are you serious? You've never known anyone with the nickname of Ted or Dick or Peggy or Jack or Bill or Hank or Chuck or Harry or Jim or Sally?

It was common to replace the first letter of a name that began with a vowel, as in Edward, with an easier to pronounce consonant, such as T. Of course, Ted was already a popular nickname for Theodore, which makes it one of the only nicknames derived from two different first names.

[danamco]

Charles = Chuck . But he’s still an illegal Canadian Anchor Baby !!!

[DAVEY CROCKETT]

Ted or Dick or Peggy or Jack or Bill or Hank or Chuck or Harry or Jim or Sally?

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Yes I know people with those names and it is there real name. How did Edward become Ted? Edward becomes Ed...

maybe this.....Why is Ted from Edward?

The name Ted is yet another result of the Old English tradition of letter swapping. Since there were a limited number of first names in the Middle Ages, letter swapping allowed people to differentiate between people with the same name. It was common to replace the first letter of a name that began with a vowel, as in Edward, with an easier to pronounce consonant, such as T. Of course, Ted was already a popular nickname for Theodore, which makes it one of the only nicknames derived from two different first names. Can you name the others?

[Red Badger]

Woody & Ned?......................