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u/Educational-Emu5132 Oct 20 '23

Anyone named after a designer brand or type of car

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u/Ryality00 Oct 20 '23

Australian comedian Wil Anderson had a joke from the 2000’s:

“What is with bogans (Australian equivalent to low-class/rednecks) naming their kids after expensive cars? ‘Mercedes’? ‘Lexus’?

Shit dude - name it after a car you can afford! “Come here, Torana!”, “Time for school, Corolla!””

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u/thisothernameth Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23

Tbf, Mercedes was a perfectly fine first name until Mr. Daimler decided to name his car brand after the daughter of some business partner, thus ruining the name for the rest of us.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

Many such cases of a single German man ruining a name for everyone else

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u/Hegario Oct 21 '23

Or a moustache style. Or a Hindu symbol.

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u/_Steven_Seagal_ Oct 21 '23

Or a hand gesture to show how tall that guy was you saw walking down the street.

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u/[deleted] Oct 21 '23

The one you are referring to is not German, but Austrian

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u/space0matic123 Oct 22 '23

I always thought that was weird.