2007-12-14 18:56:29 · 15 answers · asked by Claude D 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Richard>Rick>Dick
Margaret>Meg>Peg>Peggy
Robert>Rob>Bob
William>Will>Bill
2007-12-14 23:41:48 · answer #1 · answered by Baloneyus_Monk 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is the mid-evil pet name of Richard. there is also a book on the subject, but I am not going to read it. It is available at target.
So some Ancient dude thought that Dick was a pet name for richard.
A better answer appears to be that the pronounciation in mid evil times made the R sound like a D so Richard got shortened to Rick and hence Dick.
2007-12-14 22:11:12 · answer #2 · answered by Big Daddy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Probably because the first two nicknames for Richard were Rich and Rick, and there too many people with those nicknames, so Dick became the next one.
Same rule applies with the following names:
Bob=Robert
Bill=William
Chuck=Charles
Jim=James
2007-12-15 15:39:07 · answer #3 · answered by Agit8r 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My name is Richard. They used to call me Dick for short, But now they call me Richard, for LONG.
2007-12-14 21:54:15 · answer #4 · answered by AAcehole 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hmmmmmm..Richard..Rick. Sounded like Dick maybe..or maybe just a dick head...lol. I got stuck with "Wiener" when I was a kid...sure glad my first name wasn't Richard too.
2007-12-14 21:37:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the case of my brother-on-law, Richard aka Dick, suited him perfectly.
dick
"fellow, lad, man," 1553, rhyming nickname for Rick, short for Richard, one of the commonest Eng. names, it has long been a synonym for "fellow," and so most of the slang senses are probably very old, but naturally hard to find in the surviving records.
The meaning "p*nis" is attested from 1891 in British army slang; dick-head "stupid person" is from 1969. Meaning "detective" is recorded from 1908.
2007-12-14 20:27:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Rhyming nicknames were popular in the 12th and 13th centuries. Richard was often abreviated Ric. since this was pre-Gutenburg and everything was written by hand. Ric. lead to hic, dic, etc... Eventually the k was added for clarity. Bob for Robert is another example.
My name is Dan but people often refer to me as dick. It doesn't trace back through history so it might just be a description of my social behavior. :)
2007-12-14 19:14:32 · answer #7 · answered by Pragmatism Please 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
if you use the shortend name of richard whitch becomes rich. and if what most people are when they are rich, a dick. so we just call them dick
2007-12-14 21:26:52 · answer #8 · answered by chad f 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ricky could be short for richard or patrick. it isnt particularly used a a nicknam for eric yet u ought to call the guy ricky anyhow bcuz its a nickname. it doesnt hav to be the excellent ingredient :)
2016-11-03 08:21:47 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My name is Dennis and people still call me Dick.
2007-12-14 19:06:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋