Why is someone whose name is Richard called Dick? Or why is Bill from William, Hank from Henry, Ted from Edward, Peggy from Margaret, or Sally from Sarah? Here's an explanation of the origin of some of the most common nicknames in the West.
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a nickname is not something like Dick for Richard (or Rik for Richard in Dutch, like me!).or Bill for Wiliam (in my brothers case Pim voor Willem (http://kwint-ia.nl/ and go take a look there....). a nicjname is something like 'Red' or like 198 (for a girl who is 1,98 meters tall..), or like Tomba, my good friend who is teh worst skieer in the world and falls down a lot (tombé in french). Or Pantzerglasse for the guy with the biggest spectacles you can imagine in school..
Yes Rik, it is!
According to the dictionairy:
"A nickname can also be the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, which may sometimes be used simply for convenience (e.g. 'Bob,' 'Bobby,' 'Rob,' 'Robbie,' for the name Robert."
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