• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Mercedes is a name, yes. The sentence structure fits more to speaking about an object though. Replace the name Mercedes with Ferrari and you see how it still works? I’m not saying his sentence structure is always correct but referring to his wife as a high end luxury object is something he would think is flattering (and many women would infact blush at being called so). Many others would feel objectified and think the speaker was a creep, hence the way I read it.

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      8 months ago

      Did you just read the quote of what he said or did you actually listen to it? By the way he says it, it’s clear he’s using it as a name.

      I would say the article even printed the quote wrong. They wrote, “Oh look at that Mercedes, that’s pretty good.”
      They dropped a word and in my opinion got the punctuation wrong. I would quote it as, “Oh look at that, wow. Mercedes, that’s pretty good.”

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        8 months ago

        “Oh look at that, wow. Mercedes, that’s pretty good. Wow, she’s good.”

        Yeah it’s very clear he’s referring to her, not a car.

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      8 months ago

      Since when is Mercedes a high end luxury object? Its one car maker from Germany. Do they make some higher end models? Sure but hardly Ferrari, Lamborghini or Bugatti.