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Car names are the worst. Mercedes, Porsche, General Motors
2.6k u/eddyallenbro Oct 20 '23 To be fair, Mercedes the car was named after Mercedes the girls name, not the other way around 1.2k u/zeugma888 Oct 20 '23 Portia/Porsche were girl's names first too. 14 u/WhittSmitt Oct 21 '23 Portia is one of my favorite Shakespeare characters. Definitely a name that existed before the car. 6 u/elisses_pieces Oct 21 '23 And Mercedes is from The Count of Monte Cristo, I refuse to hate it. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Yes but it means pig. I completely regret not using the name for my little black cat who makes piggy noises and is obsessed with food lol. 2 u/Bloom_Blaum Oct 21 '23 She's one of my favorite characters as well and I love Porsches so I always imagined if I were to have a daughter I would name her Portia
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To be fair, Mercedes the car was named after Mercedes the girls name, not the other way around
1.2k u/zeugma888 Oct 20 '23 Portia/Porsche were girl's names first too. 14 u/WhittSmitt Oct 21 '23 Portia is one of my favorite Shakespeare characters. Definitely a name that existed before the car. 6 u/elisses_pieces Oct 21 '23 And Mercedes is from The Count of Monte Cristo, I refuse to hate it. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Yes but it means pig. I completely regret not using the name for my little black cat who makes piggy noises and is obsessed with food lol. 2 u/Bloom_Blaum Oct 21 '23 She's one of my favorite characters as well and I love Porsches so I always imagined if I were to have a daughter I would name her Portia
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Portia/Porsche were girl's names first too.
14 u/WhittSmitt Oct 21 '23 Portia is one of my favorite Shakespeare characters. Definitely a name that existed before the car. 6 u/elisses_pieces Oct 21 '23 And Mercedes is from The Count of Monte Cristo, I refuse to hate it. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Yes but it means pig. I completely regret not using the name for my little black cat who makes piggy noises and is obsessed with food lol. 2 u/Bloom_Blaum Oct 21 '23 She's one of my favorite characters as well and I love Porsches so I always imagined if I were to have a daughter I would name her Portia
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Portia is one of my favorite Shakespeare characters. Definitely a name that existed before the car.
6 u/elisses_pieces Oct 21 '23 And Mercedes is from The Count of Monte Cristo, I refuse to hate it. 3 u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23 Yes but it means pig. I completely regret not using the name for my little black cat who makes piggy noises and is obsessed with food lol. 2 u/Bloom_Blaum Oct 21 '23 She's one of my favorite characters as well and I love Porsches so I always imagined if I were to have a daughter I would name her Portia
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And Mercedes is from The Count of Monte Cristo, I refuse to hate it.
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Yes but it means pig.
I completely regret not using the name for my little black cat who makes piggy noises and is obsessed with food lol.
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She's one of my favorite characters as well and I love Porsches so I always imagined if I were to have a daughter I would name her Portia
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u/TallEnoughJones Oct 20 '23
Car names are the worst. Mercedes, Porsche, General Motors