Dick.

Alrightay...I've wondered this my whole life. My dad and his dad are both named Richard. I'm sure we all know that many times a nick name for Richard is Dick.

Can anyone tell me why? Where did they get that? I tried asking my dad but he just laughed and had no idea.

 

I have no idea either....it really doesnt make sense.

 

muhahaha.......i do not know the answer to your question....but in the town i grew up in....to this day there is a man named Richard Dick who lives there

we like to call him double dick......

 

i know. i just dont get it. most nicknames stem from the full name. there is no dick in richard though.


(hehehe, double dick...that's great. one for both holes) (yes, i have a fucked up mind)

 

i still to this day wonder what the man's middle name is.....

 

maybe big or small or wide or red or slimy or something.

 

i have a family member named richard and we call him dick sometimes,in my family,i think it comes with the territory.if you find out,let me know

 

Richard -> Rich -> Rick -> Dick


Don't have any idea why.

 

hmmmm so it's because rick rhymes with dick?

 

you're such a richard cranium! haha i get a kick out of hearing that phrase

 

Does anyone know anyone named richard hung?

 

"What came first, Dick or 'dick'?", by SDSTAFF Dex (22-Aug-2002)
The Straght Dope
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdick.html

According to the report, back in the days of Old and Middle English,
everything was written by hand; "it was therefore common and easier to
use agreed-upon abbreviations." An example of an abbreviation was
"Ric." for "Richard".

The abbreviations led to diminutives, such as "Rick".

Rhyming nicknames were fairly common in the 12th and 13th centuries,
such as "Hick" and "Dick" from "Rick". "Dick and Hick were among the
earliest of the rhyming nicknames, first appearing in writing around
1220. Other rhyming nicknames include Polly from Molly, Bob from Rob
(from Robert), Bill from Will (from William); and Hodge from Roger."

Dick has remained a nickname for Richard. "'Hick' has thankfully
become obsolete, except when tied to 'Dick' in rhymes such as
'Hickory, Dickory, Dock.'"

A web site on the etymology and history of first names in English
agrees that "Bob" is a medieval "rhyming nickname" for Robert. This
site also suggests that the change in the initial consonant from
"Rick" to "Dick" may have been caused by "the way the trilled Norman R
was pronounced by the English."

 

Why are you so sure we all know that?

 

thanks whispers.

and i guess i should have said "most", bird.

 

Yes; I hope you edit your original post to undo your mistake.

 

The principal's name at my high school was Robert Richard Long. We used to call him Bobby Dick Long.

 

I know a guy whose given name is Richard Little, and for some reason chooses to go by 'Dick'.

Dick Little

He's really got some balls to go by that name (ba domp bomp, chshsh)

I also work with a guy with the last name 'Head'. Luckily his parents weren't mean enough to name him Richard.



Bobby Dick Long............that's pretty funny

 

this girl i know.. her dad's name is richard dick

does that make him dick dick? double dick?