Interesting article on Dick

[ckevans]

I thought you all might like to see this one:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2008-12-02/the-last-dick/

[Panya]

I went to school with a boy named Richard, and he didn't go by any nn at all -- he was always called Richard.

My gramma's SO is called Dickie.

Other than those two, I've never met another Richard. [My husband's uncle is Ricky, but that's his given name.]

I don't see it rising in popularity either.

[cinerdy]

I admit, I giggle anytime I hear someone named Dick. In Cheney's case, it's just so fitting!

[_Melanie_old]

I have an uncle named Dixon and he goes by Dick a lot. Also fitting! :lol:

[KNY]

Interesting!

The one that strikes me as unrealistic is Elliot Stabler's son on SVU, he used to be called Dickie but he recently announced that now that he's a teen, he goes by Dick. I always thought, if you were a sex crimes detective and named your son Richard, why would you call him Dick?

[cinerdy]

Interesting!

The one that strikes me as unrealistic is Elliot Stabler's son on SVU, he used to be called Dickie but he recently announced that now that he's a teen, he goes by Dick. I always thought, if you were a sex crimes detective and named your son Richard, why would you call him Dick?

LOL!

[lindseymarie]

My dad is Richard, nn Dick. He's 48. I don't think it ever bothered him growing up, and I think he used to be "Dicky."

We moved a lot growing up and he's sometimes try to introduce himself as Richard or Rick but they never caught on. :haha: My mom loves when he gets lost in the grocery and she can yell out (and used to have all of us kids yell, too), "DICK!!!"

[Liris]

The one that strikes me as unrealistic is Elliot Stabler's son on SVU, he used to be called Dickie but he recently announced that now that he's a teen, he goes by Dick. I always thought, if you were a sex crimes detective and named your son Richard, why would you call him Dick?

I thought the same thing!!

Interesting article. Thanks for sharing!

[Rusalka]

I thought that too, all the Stabler kids have old fashioned sounding names anyway but that one just seems really ironic and extra jarring.

Interesting article, thanks for that :)
My brother's name is Richard; he's had some teasing over it, but never been called Dick far as I can recall. He just goes by Richard, or Rich occasionally.

[speechykeen]

My uncle is Richard nn Dick, and his surname at birth was Flick.

Yes, Dick Flick. A rhyming double-entendre.

Dick's father died in WWII, and my grandmother remarried and saved Dick from what was sure to be a lifetime of teasing by changing his last name to Davis. Once my aunt asked my grandma what she was thinking naming him Dick Flick (they were both drunk), and my grandma said, "Oh, Paula, we didn't have dicks back then like you kids have now." :rofl:

[LaLaLalena]

:rofl: Jen, that's too funny!

My uncle is Richard nn Rich. I've never known a Dick. But poor Dick Butkus... (:haha:)

[JenniferClaire]

One of my co-workers has a client named Dick Hardon - its pronouced Harden.. but you see where there is MAJOR teasing potention. My co-worker always calls and asks for Richard Hardon.. and they will say "there isn't a Richard in this office... you must mean Dick".

P.S. I also thought of the SVU association

[angiems]

Oh, neat! That article is written by a guy with my maiden name, spelled the same way. Whoa. That never happens.

When I was in high school, I waited tables with a single older woman who was dating a man named Dick. She was quite the character and, of course, took full advantage of the double entendre, dramatically announcing that she was going to see "her Dick" this weekend, or she had plans with "her Dick" that night, etc. I wonder if he ever knew :lol:

[pinkmariposa]

Interesting article! My stepfather's name is Richard, nn Dick and he also used to be called Dickie when he was in college.

We like to call him Dickerdoodle, like Snickerdoodle, but you get the point!

Funny story about his name though - when my sister had Willow and was all drugged up in recovery, my stepdad made some sarcastic comment to make her laugh and she replied, "Yeah right, Dick," and the nurse's eyes got real big and you could tell she was like, "Omg, she's all doped up and just called her father a dick!" We explained really fast that was his name! :haha:

[linnet]

That article is pretty funny. Thanks for sharing!

[Galaxy Chaser]

:haha: I giggle every time I hear Dick. To me Richard, Robert & Michael are the most unappealing names ever.

[sunkissed86]

I know several Richards, all called Rick, but recently my boss has had me helping him out with some paperwork involving his FIL whose name is Dick. He's in his 80s.

Is it immature of me that I cannot say "Dick" to my boss, so I always just say "Richard" as if I'm reading it from a piece of paper? :think:

[JustBeachy]

Interesting. The only Richard I know goes by Rick. And I watch SVU all the time and never picked up on how odd a choice Dickie was.

[julesfujicat]

I've known several Richards of my generation, but none went by Dick. I think Dick is a nice, solid name and I don't giggle or anything when I hear it or think about it. Not that I would ever use it nowadays. And if I had been inclined to do so, Dick Cheney would've ruined it for me. I do think of it as kind of dated.

[texasprincess]

My cousin's name is Richard. Never, ever has he been called Dick. My uncle always says "If I wanted to call my son Dick, I would have named him Dick!" My hs band teacher was named Richard as well. Always Richard, never Dick.