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Domino
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Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Boss: Please call D!ck at xxx-xxxx and tell him. . .
Me: Ok
Dialing....
D!ck: This is D!ck Smith
Me: Hi Di....eerrrr....ahhhhh....Mr. Smith....
I just couldnt do it....
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mikeswife06
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
*raising hand*
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:17 PM |
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Shorty
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
yeah, i don't get it.
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:20 PM |
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gporka23
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Yes
and I am not sure why every male in DH's family (besides DH and his brothers) are named Richard and go by that lovely nickname...
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:35 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
My Dad is a Richard and everyone calls him D ick, D ickie when he was little which his sisters still call him.
My Dad's side is a wacky bunch and my Stepmother is a very proper person. She was not a fan of the nickname at all. She worked very hard to get him to be called Rich or Richard. Once when we were at my Aunts house everyone was calling him D ick, so my stepmother said he actually prefers Richard now (mind you they weren't married yet) So my very loud Aunt says.....He is a D ick, he always was a D ick and he'll always be a D ick.  I thought my Stepmother was going to pass out!! It was quite the initiation into our family. 
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:44 PM |
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Phyl
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Posted by Stacey1403
My Dad is a Richard and everyone calls him D ick, D ickie when he was little which his sisters still call him.
My Dad's side is a wacky bunch and my Stepmother is a very proper person. She was not a fan of the nickname at all. She worked very hard to get him to be called Rich or Richard. Once when we were at my Aunts house everyone was calling him D ick, so my stepmother said he actually prefers Richard now (mind you they weren't married yet) So my very loud Aunt says.....He is a D ick, he always was a D ick and he'll always be a D ick. I thought my Stepmother was going to pass out!! It was quite the initiation into our family.
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:48 PM |
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snowprincess
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
my fil is Richard and uses that nickname - i hate calling him by his first name - why is this the nickname for richard
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:54 PM |
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CouponKT
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
My grandfather and uncle are both "D!ck" and I just never think of them in that way.
I work with a guy named D!ck, but I think that is for a reason 
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:55 PM |
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
I kinda have fun saying it...
Hi D*CK
Can I help you with something D*cK
It was night talking with you D*CK
I also have the maturity level of a 13 yr old boy
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| Posted 9/17/10 2:56 PM |
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LadyBug1209
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
I just don't understand where D!ck comes from, though... 
D!ck is not short for Richard!
My husband is Richard and I call him that just to be silly sometimes but he would never go by that nickname... EVER.
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| Posted 9/17/10 3:01 PM |
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Athee
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
my hubbys name is richard and i make fun of him all the time with di**. he HATES it!
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| Posted 9/17/10 3:11 PM |
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
My dad is a Richard and he goes by Richie, never any other name, really.
Someone I deal with through my work is also named Richard and he is usually called Rick.
Maybe because Richard is my dad's name, I can't really think of **** as a nickname for Richard.
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| Posted 9/17/10 3:14 PM |
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
DH's best friend and BIL are both named Richard.
They also both go by either Richard or Rich.
I think both are uncomfortable with ****, as are their wives.
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| Posted 9/17/10 3:31 PM |
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Otherme
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
not really..
the first name d ick was around long before people started using it as a slang term for male genitalia
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| Posted 9/17/10 3:49 PM |
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MissJones
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
My grandfather goes by it as does my step father (but I have ALWAYS called him Richard as my mom and I could never call him D ick) and my uncle goes by Richie and my BIL goes by Rick.
I think for *older* guys, D ick was just that, a nick name.
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| Posted 9/17/10 4:04 PM |
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AngnShaun
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Posted by Kerie-is-so-very
My dad is a Richard and he goes by Richie, never any other name, really.
Someone I deal with through my work is also named Richard and he is usually called Rick.
Maybe because Richard is my dad's name, I can't really think of **** as a nickname for Richard.
the only Richard's i know go by Richie as a nickname...
although, i do call people a Richard when i want to cover up calling them a D!ck!
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| Posted 9/17/10 4:06 PM |
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Finally1108
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
OH MY GOD THAT IS SO FUNNY!!!!!
I have a client who always goes by the name D!ck, when he emails me and leaves me voicemails... i refuse refuse to call him by that name and i always say Richard. My boss makes fun of me and whenever we need to something for him my boss would send me an email and write in the biggest font D!CK
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Danyell48
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
lol DH's name is Richard, and he hates that nickname, no one calls him by it, His family calls him Rick.
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| Posted 9/17/10 7:34 PM |
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Goldi0218
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
I know a Richard Weiner. How parents could to that to a kid is beyond me.
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| Posted 9/17/10 7:47 PM |
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Posted by Goldi0218
I know a Richard Weiner. How parents could to that to a kid is beyond me.
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| Posted 9/17/10 7:50 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Posted by Goldi0218
I know a Richard Weiner. How parents could to that to a kid is beyond me.
I babysat for a Richard Weiner
He called his parents by their first names it was a very bizarre thing
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| Posted 9/17/10 8:13 PM |
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headoverheels
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
My dad's name is Richard. He went by D!ck in high school, his good friend still calls him that, but everyone else calls him Rich now. I don't think I would be okay with anyone calling him D!ck
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DmarieK
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
I don't get why it's a nickname in the first place
I used to work for a mortgage company. I had a file once where the borrowers name was Richard **** and he lived on Hymen St.
I thought it was a joke at first...lol.
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| Posted 9/17/10 10:09 PM |
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NinaLemon
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Posted by Goldi0218
I know a Richard Weiner. How parents could to that to a kid is beyond me.
One of the teachers in my high school was Harry Weiner, the rumor was his middle name was Richard, but I can't confirm that
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| Posted 9/17/10 10:33 PM |
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Stacey1403
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Re: Anyone else have a problem with the nickname for Richard?
Why is **** a nickname for Richard?
a man named richard may be nicknamed **** because that is the traditional diminutive form of the name Richard. More recently, 'Rick' has also become commonplace.
The name Richard is very old and it's true origins may well be lost in the depths of time past. The name likely stems from Old English, since 'Ric' meant ruler and 'heard' meant hard. It is also feasible that with the advent of rhyming slang, Richard would be shortened to Rich and then to Rick and on to ****. Much like William - Will - Bill.
'****' eventually, like 'Jack', came to mean one of the common men as in "every Tom, ****, or Harry". Shakespeare uses "every Tom, ****, or Francis" in Henry IV Part I.
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