[Timpo]

No offence to if anyone's name is Dick, but I wouldn't name my kids Dick just because there always be some kids who make fun of those names. So it could be an issue when they grow up and go to school and stuff.

what do you think :confused:

[Presto]

Dick is short for Richard.

[chun]

/thread

epic fail

[KingDeeCee]

Dick is short for Richard.

:werd: I thought everyone knew that....

[Rich Sandor]

Girls used to call me Dick in elementary school (nick name for Richard) and at first I fucken hated it but after a while I learned to turn it into flirting and it was all good.

But generally no one ever calls me Dick: first because I just don't respond to it, and second because my boss's name is Dick and it would be confusing.

[Sid Vicious]

why do chinese parents with the last name WANG name their kids harry...or anita, thats much worse

[Timpo]

Dick is short for Richard.
:werd: I thought everyone knew that....
PWN3D

[Teriyaki]

why do chinese parents with the last name WANG name their kids harry...or anita, thats much worse

To set them up for emotional abuse. They know full well the effects of such actions. The chinese way is, kids must be thoroughly abused physically, spritually, emotionally, totally mindfucked, so they will become obedient and all become doctors and/or lawyers when grown up!

[ilvtofu]

LOL i remember 4 years ago when I was in Gr8 this kid came from china halfway through the year, and my math teacher wanted to introduce him, she totally put him on the spot and said "hey everyone, we have a new student, his name is Harry Wang" and the whole class burst out laughing,

[Timpo]

To set them up for emotional abuse. They know full well the effects of such actions. The chinese way is, kids must be thoroughly abused physically, spritually, emotionally, totally mindfucked, so they will become obedient and all become doctors and/or lawyers when grown up!
seriously?

don't they think kids would lose self esteem and won't have an ability to make self judgement when they need to?

[dachinesedude]

Would you rather be named Dick or Ben Chow?

[ilvtofu]

lol is that timpo

[achiam]

My list of ridiculous first names given by HK parents:

a.) Slappy Chan
b.) Money Wong
c.) Benedict Lee (for a GIRL)
d.) Ben Chow

[SoulCrusher]

im not getting the ben chow stuff. Anyone care to explain?

[ilvtofu]

oh i get it bun zao

[ilvtofu]

I dun get slappy chan, or benedict lee (clearly a boys name)

[46_valentinor]

benedict as in bend a dick? LOL

[Poonpee]

My co worker's name is Me Lee, Sue Yau and Sum Fong ( only chinese will understand this one)

[CorneringArtist]

I've seen the name Manly Kao in a list of driver names for a Time Attack...And I remember watching the documentary a long time ago where a Chinese kid in elementary school wanted his Anglicized name to be Ring.

[kookoobird88]

there was some funny ones at my school
witty chick
anita pan
anita wang

mm thats all i can think of

[Sid Vicious]

My list of ridiculous first names given by HK parents:

a.) Slappy Chan
b.) Money Wong
c.) Benedict Lee (for a GIRL)
d.) Ben Chow

moneys a pretty dope name
the worst was "icey ho" an actual person who went to my hs

[Jackygor]

I know a guy call richard wang...we just called him dick wang, needless to say he doesn't really like the people who made fun of him, even to this day.

[Ikkaku]

there was some funny ones at my school
witty chick


:lol i've met her before

[ilvtofu]

haha she went to PW right?

[oinkoinkpig]

some girls have weird ass names like Rainbow, mangomango, some shit like that you get my point...

[K-Dub]

Why does Richard = Dick?
Just like James = Jimmy...and some other nicknames that don't make much sense.

[BLUETIGER]

henry = hank

[JesseBlue]

ben chow eh...now thats gay :D

[Shun Izaki]

bwhahaha...

that's awesome, total threadpalmage!

i'm naming my kids Huge or Crystal XD, can you guess my last name? XD

[JesseBlue]

dick?

[Razor Ramon HG]

I have a friend called Patty Wang, and sometimes I call her Pat the Wang, LOL

[n1smo]

^ LOLLL

[- kT]

im not getting the ben chow stuff. Anyone care to explain?

you have to be chinese

but basically its a direct translation to penis

[urrh]

saw name on a id badge; harry bal
only one

[B-DiZzLe]

bwhahaha...

that's awesome, total threadpalmage!

i'm naming my kids Huge or Crystal XD, can you guess my last name? XD

ball

[Nintensity]

But i've always wondered by "Dick" is the shorthand version of "Richard".
Historical reference perhaps?
My real name is Nicholas but I go by Nick because its shorter to say.. Plus they're relevant in terms of sound as well.. but how does Richard and Dick sound alike?
I'd be fine with "Rich" but.... DICK.. .wth

There's others too, like
Rob = Bob
James = Jimmy

[TOPEC]

someone please explain why
richard = dick
james = jimmy
henry - hank

why?

[twitchyzero]

bill = william

[danned]

hi dick
hi dicky

[orange7]

there's a lumber company called "Dicks Lumber" or something like that.

[Fafine]

But i've always wondered by "Dick" is the shorthand version of "Richard".
Historical reference perhaps?
My real name is Nicholas but I go by Nick because its shorter to say.. Plus they're relevant in terms of sound as well.. but how does Richard and Dick sound alike?
I'd be fine with "Rich" but.... DICK.. .wth

There's others too, like
Rob = Bob
James = Jimmy



LOL we have the same name, spelt the same way too some people spell it nicolas

[hung_low]

why do chinese parents with the last name WANG name their kids harry...or anita, thats much worse

because Wang is their last name and they don't know that Wang means dick in North America.

why don't you call up Randy Johnson's parents and ask them why they named their kid that, and they are fucking white people. shouldn't they know better

[Noir]

My list of ridiculous first names given by HK parents:

a.) Slappy Chan
b.) Money Wong
c.) Benedict Lee (for a GIRL)
d.) Ben Chow

e.) Tap Sum Bong

[NSX]

http://www.polcyb.org/conf_2008/BIO/bentbio.html

[tamiya_s2000]

only dicks like u make fun of guys named Dick

[InvisibleSoul]

Dick Trickle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Trickle)

[butter_sashimi]

There was a Chinese girl who recently immigrated here at a young age. She chose to name herself "Clitoris" without fully knowing what it was.

When she told her teacher of her choice, the teacher stared at her and told her to back to the drawing board lol

[laureate]

^^^

http://www.keepaa.com/images/anon/2009/200902/20090217/fc93d11d8f40f30e3575475dcc3c7759.jpg

[3seriesBeeM]

went to elementary with a guy named harry mann it was pretty funny

[woob]

I think the filipino names like Cherry Pie, Girl, and Princess are weirder. Like wtf who names their kid "Girl" (legit person my mom knows).

[6insomnia9]

/thread

epic fail

+1

[DMoGX]

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7259/kingdick.jpg

a wrench that my buddy owns lol

[KiDEclipse]

My high school Vice Principle's name is Dick Burns

And he is a DICK

[pandalove]

dun some parents acutalyl name their kids dick .. and not richard...
what about dickson?
jer jer god?

[mr_chin]

Would you rather be named Dick or Ben Chow?

LOL, ben chow, that's the first time i heard it... lol

but yea, i went to school with a kid name harry wang, no one actually made fun of him until highschool. now i know why he wasn't so depressed.

[drunkrussian]

why do chinese parents with the last name WANG name their kids harry...or anita, thats much worse

LOL

What about if whynona rider or isaiah rider named their kid Richard? Dick Rider ftw.

No but seriously, why the fuck do ppl insist/prefer to be called dick instead of richard? I never got why you would prefer to be referrred to as a male genital, than a common north american first name. Is originality THAT important?

[azzurro32]

I once knew a Sukh Heer

[Noir]

LOL
No but seriously, why the fuck do ppl insist/prefer to be called dick instead of richard? I never got why you would prefer to be referrred to as a male genital, than a common north american first name. Is originality THAT important?

Because unless you're a juvenile, or a juvenile in an adult's body, only kids take amusement in using the context of "dick" as male genitilia as opposed to the standard short term linggo for Richard.

You guys probably snicker when you see a cuss word in a novel don't you.

[shenmecar]

reminds me of a joke my friend told me,

Three moms and their kids went to see a psychologist. The psychologist was explaining why the moms named their kids the way they did. The psychologist went up to the first mom and said, "you are a botanist, so you are obsessed with flowers, thats why you named your daughter Holly". He goes to the second mom and said, "you are an accountant, you have to be down to the penny exact with money numbers, so you named your daughter Penny". And before the psychologist goes up to the third mom, she say grabs her son and says, "come on Dick, lets go."

[donot521]

I know of...

Apple(guy)
Winner(guy)
Creamy(girl)

Yes...they are all Chinese

[shenmecar]

^

Apple, ok not so bad.......Winner, just kinda stretching it........Creamy, just wtf man.

Are they all female?

[JayF]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2407513864_436e6de462.jpg?v=0

[Noir]

^^^ That's awesome!

[124Y]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2175/2407513864_436e6de462.jpg?v=0

LOL....so is he Batman or Superman?? Or a hybrid of both!?

[orange7]

I know of a girl who is called Minnie Man.

[TOPEC]

so no one can answer why dick = richard but yet everyone knows dick = richard.

[R8]

I was in a conference with a guy named "Long Wang".....

[Gumby]

Dick is short for Richard.

:werd: I thought everyone knew that....

PWN3D
Timpo is the ONLY person I know who posts about his self ownage. :haha:

[urrh]

No offence to if anyone's name is Dick, but I wouldn't name my kids Dick just because there always be some kids who make fun of those names. So it could be an issue when they grow up and go to school and stuff.

what do you think :confused:

they really like dick

[InvisibleSoul]

LOL....so is he Batman or Superman?? Or a hybrid of both!?
It's Batman, son of Superman.

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=5

First, Suparman. This is, in fact, a very common name among the Javanese who inhabit central and eastern thirds of the island of Java

The full name, Batman bin Suparman, features an Arabic patronymic construction occasionally used by Muslims in the region. Bin means 'son', so the name is literally "Batman, son of Suparman".

A commenter says:
Batman may be short form for Batmanathan, which is quite a common indian name.

[Shun Izaki]

bill = william

this one i didn't get... but not as much as the dick/richard thing.

I have many friends named richard, i call them rich sometimes XD

[[jsx] sky]

there's a lumber company called "Dicks Lumber" or something like that.

"Dick's Lumber: We've got Wood!"

that'd be an awesome slogan.

[ilvtofu]

isn't that guy from vancouver who owns the carrera GT named Dick Hard?

[InvisibleSoul]

isn't that guy from vancouver who owns the carrera GT named Dick Hard?
Close. Dick Hardt.

[CorneringArtist]

I remember seeing a movie director with the name Dick Bush, and seeing a Dick Pound as an exec in some company.

Also, in a free newspaper my school gets: a guy named Major Wu!

[oinkoinkpig]

My old tutor told me he knew a guy named Semen...when he first introduced himself my tutor couldn't stop laughing. Chinese Semen guy went wtf lol

[pure.life]

LOL....so is he Batman or Superman?? Or a hybrid of both!?

or maybe its batman 變 superman (batman turns superman)

[Shun Izaki]

or maybe its batman 變 superman (batman turns superman)


lol as in BEEEEN

everytime i say that, i reminds of the god of gamblers changing cards stephen chow awesomeness.

[pure.life]

LOL....so is he Batman or Superman?? Or a hybrid of both!?

lol as in BEEEEN

everytime i say that, i reminds of the god of gamblers changing cards stephen chow awesomeness.

haha, Stephen Chow's gambling movies are classics.

BEEN BEEN BEEEN~ and out of nowhere, his hand is either royal flush or decks that we can never get in real life :rolleyes:

[SkinnyPupp]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei8462a_8H4

[AzNightmare]

The real question is...
Why is Dick short for Richard?
Why is Bill short for William?
Why is Bob short for Robert?

What's wrong with Rich, Will, Rob?

Is that too logical??


I know a friend named Robert and William. I call them Rob and Will for short. Why? Because if I called them Bob or Bill, my firends Bob and Bill would respond instead.
(I don't actually have friends named Bob or Bill, but you get my point).

[buddy]

so the father can tell his friends:

my dick is so smart he starts talking to me when he's so little ...

[dark0821]

-.-

haha.. you know.. because the dad wants to see his son suffer thru elmentry school

[Gumby]

I remember seeing a movie director with the name Dick Bush, and seeing a Dick Pound as an exec in some company
Dick (Richard) Pound is the head of World Anti-Doping Agency. :D

[q0192837465]

I dunno anyone named Dick