Richard <-> Dick

[mapel110]

I often hear the two names for one person. Why is it the same?

[Oliver_G]

There are several short forms for names. Like Dick for Richard, Bill for William etc.


Edit: Kenny for Kenneth, Charly for Charles, Olli(e) for Oliver :usweet:

Edit#2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_short_name_forms

[mapel110]

Jack <-> John

wtf?! but thx anyway. :usweet:

Jim <-> James <-- This one I know from star trek. I always wondered why he is sometimes called Jim. :smile:

[Gast]

Robert -> Bob ist auch noch ein Beispiel.

[Gast]

Sorry, that I wrote my answer in german. I overlooked that I was posting in the english forum. ;)

[saaya]

but richard and dick sound totally different... and the only similarity is the i folowed by a c... confusing...

well my name sascha, is the short form for alexander in russian, doesnt make sense either... weird stuff...

[MarcWessels]

Yeah... Richard = Dick = penis - weird. :|

[Deathrid3r]

Well...probably the English realised that some of their names are not that great or simply a bit too long... :biggrin:

And 'cos so many ppl are called James, they not only sometimes call them Jim but also Jamie.

[saaya]

well yeah, that makes sense and its done globaly, not only in england of the us, but richard = dick?

id rather think of richie as a short form of richard...

bernhard = bernd...richard = rich oder richie... aber wieso dick?
there must be some logical explanation....

i think sascha and alexander are related because of the kyrillic letters the names get written with, but im not sure...

richard... dick...