I was talking to some co-workers the other day about the name "DICK." What's with that name? If your name is Richard, why would you opt for "Dick?" I feel like it makes for people feeling uncomfortable...

I mean, if I worked with someone named "Dick," it would be tough to say stuff like:

"Have you run those TPS reports, Dick?"

"How was your weekend Dick?"

"Hey Dick, what are you doing for lunch?"

I don't get it...I know we don't have a lot of "say" in the name were given...but I think we can always make a change...a nick name or something...

 

I'm with you. I would certainly go by Richard or Rich before going by Dick

 

What if you call him Dicky?

 

dick trickle ftw

 

One of my best high school buddies was named Richard Hunter. Look for him in the 2008 Olympic Trials for swimming.

 

dick hunter....

 

The only to "try" to not make it awkward is to say their last name with it....this old retired engineer used to work at the dealership and most of the time you said first and last name when calling for him....since yeah, it felt wierd saying it

 

How in the hell do you even get the name "Dick" out of Richard anyway? Am I missing something here?

 

At my office, the email system makes your name "Last First" with no comma separation. So my emails are delivered as "Stack Chris."

Well, this is entertaining for some people.

I worked with Richard Moore and Richard Johns. Both of whom went by Dick.

So we got emails from Moore Dick and Johns Dick (I once forwarded an email from Johns Dick to my sister's bf, John, and asked that his penis stop emailing me.) We always laugh at what would happen if Dick Wolf, producer of Law and Order worked at my office: I could get emails from Wolf Dick.

Oh, and don't get me started on Richard Wack, network administrator (and thus mass emailer) for my alma mater. Nothing like sending thousands of college students daily emails from a guy named Dick Wack.

 

Its an old school name, from before people used Dick so casually. Same with Agnes.