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[Opinions] Re: What are some nicknames that are a stretch?
I really fail to see how you get Jack from John.I find it funny that Teddy is a nickname for Theodore. They don’t sound that phonetically similar.Dick for Richard is just sad. I imagine a kid named Richard Head._______________________________________________________
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Here in South Africa, there is a very good classical music radio station which often features the work of a distinguished choir-master who is universally loved and admired; people also, quietly, sympathise with him because his fn is indeed Richard (and nothing else, no nn at all) and his ln is Cock. This is a genuine case of "What were the parents thinking?", though presumably they just weren't familiar with that kind of slang.
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