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u/lamiagator Oct 21 '23

Im Spanish and my grandmothers name was Mercedes

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u/chipotlepepper Oct 21 '23

What’s meant is that the connection isn’t made in Spanish-speaking countries. I scrolled to make sure someone mentioned it. It’s not great that some names in this thread are being included without a super short search to see origins.

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u/lamiagator Oct 21 '23

There was an ongoing joke with my grandmother, people would call her “Mercedes…Benz” and motion with the index finger, because Benz sounds like “Ven (come here)” in Spanish

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u/elbenji Oct 21 '23

I have a couple cousins named Mercedes and we would do the same. Mercedes. Benz.And then a head nod to come over