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Name Question
This has bugged me for a while and I've never gotten a straight answer.
Why are people named Richard sometimes called Dick? Most nicknames are just shortened versions of the full names, for example: Jon is short for Jonathan. Mike is short for Michael. Matt is short for Matthew. Meg is short for Megan. So how the heck did Dick come from Richard?
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I checked in the OED and came up with nothing. But Cecil Adams has a lot more to say about it. Check it out at:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdick.html Doug edit: Quote:
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