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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Dickens #54655 02/04/02 06:54 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England "Dicken" or "Dickon" or "Diccon" was a synonym for Richard originally, wasn't it? At least, it was around the time of Chaucer and Henry V. I remember reading a legal writ in English(!) from that period that specifically said "Richard of ____, called Diccon", although I wouldn't swear to the spelling. We have, of course, shortened that to "Dick". The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Sparteye 01/31/02 09:05 PM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Capital Kiwi 01/31/02 09:13 PM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit wwh 01/31/02 10:18 PM for Fun, anyway wofahulicodoc 02/01/02 12:44 AM Re: for Fun, anyway Keiva 02/01/02 01:21 AM Re: for Fun, anyway Sparteye 02/01/02 03:00 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit wofahulicodoc 02/01/02 01:23 AM Re: School Teachers wow 02/01/02 03:35 PM You've come a long way, baby wofahulicodoc 02/01/02 07:22 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby Capital Kiwi 02/01/02 09:42 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby wwh 02/01/02 11:28 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby Bean 02/04/02 02:11 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby wow 02/04/02 05:40 PM Re: You've come a long way, baby stales 02/05/02 03:53 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Jackie 02/02/02 01:59 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Sparteye 02/02/02 03:15 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit Dickens 02/02/02 03:31 AM Re: Law Clerking for Fun and Profit wow 02/02/02 10:35 PM Dickens Sparteye 02/04/02 02:46 AM Re: Dickens Dickens 02/04/02 02:55 AM Re: Dickens Capital Kiwi 02/04/02 06:54 AM Re: Dickens Sparteye 02/04/02 05:48 PM Re: Dickens Capital Kiwi 02/04/02 10:07 PM Re: Dickens belMarduk 02/04/02 11:25 PM High speed trains TEd Remington 02/05/02 06:10 PM Re: Dickens tsuwm 02/05/02 06:25 PM Re: Dickensian travel maverick 02/05/02 06:31 PM Re: Dickensian travel wwh 02/05/02 06:55 PM 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 Topics13,913 Posts229,369 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (A C Bowden), 874 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 30 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,561 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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