How is Dick short for Richard

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How is Dick short for Richard
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+ QueenTD	May 20 2016, 07:04 PM Post #1
My Dear Melancholy, Posts: 4,480 Group: Elite Member Member #11,589 Joined: August 8, 2014 Gender Female Country United States	https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Wolf https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Grayson I'm curious. Dick is a popular nickname for Richard. Sometimes Dick is refered to as short for Richard. Why is this? Same with other weird shorten names
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+ Pelador	May 20 2016, 07:07 PM Post #2
Crazy Awesome Legend Posts: 25,663 Group: Legend Member #4,634 Joined: December 12, 2009 Gender Not Specified Country None Favourite Anime HunterxHunter What Browser do you use? Firefox Favourite Manga Dragonball	http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/04/how-dick-came-to-be-short-for-richard/ I used a popular search engine and found this explanation.
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~~Helvius Pertinax Augustus~~	May 20 2016, 10:31 PM Post #3
What will you do when you get old? Posts: 1,096 Group: Suspended Member #12,915 Joined: February 8, 2016 Gender Not Specified Country United States Favourite Anime Don't actually watch anime What Browser do you use? Internet Explorer Favourite Manga Don't read manga	Because Richard has a short dick, they use Dick for short.



DanielSan	May 22 2016, 12:16 AM Post #4
Posts: 1,536 Group: Donator Member #5,730 Joined: February 14, 2011	People have been trying to figure out that for years.



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