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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Richard = Dick ??? #27873 05/01/2001 12:45 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Hi, guy! You aren't the only one to wonder at that transformation. Not only are there the Richard/Dick pair and the John/Jack pair, but I've also wondered at William/Bill and Robert/Bob. Just a WAG: the latter two suggest that Bs are somehow easier to pronounce and so were substituted for the original initial letters in the shortened versions, and the Dick formation might be similar. But John to Jack? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Richard = Dick ??? guy_soffer 05/01/2001 6:53 AM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Bean 05/01/2001 10:44 AM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Lucius Furius 05/01/2001 2:23 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? guy_soffer 05/02/2001 5:27 AM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Sparteye 05/01/2001 12:45 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Geoff 05/01/2001 1:01 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? wwh 05/01/2001 1:19 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Bean 05/01/2001 1:23 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? of troy 05/01/2001 2:57 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? wow 05/01/2001 6:22 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? wwh 05/01/2001 6:37 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Bobyoungbalt 05/01/2001 7:50 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Flatlander 05/01/2001 9:55 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Max Quordlepleen 05/01/2001 10:21 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Sparteye 05/02/2001 2:39 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Bobyoungbalt 05/02/2001 3:35 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Anonymous 05/02/2001 9:38 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Max Quordlepleen 05/02/2001 9:46 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Bobyoungbalt 05/03/2001 2:51 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Sparteye 05/03/2001 3:14 PM Re: Names & etiquette wow 05/03/2001 3:15 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Max Quordlepleen 05/03/2001 9:21 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Bean 05/04/2001 10:42 AM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Jackie 05/04/2001 12:22 PM Re: Richard = Dick ??? Bean 05/04/2001 3:01 PM Re: Scots name changes wow 05/04/2001 3:59 PM Re: Richard = Dick ?? NicholasW 05/03/2001 9:35 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,369 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,200 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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