nobodylovesringostarr:

justicarrsamara:

sansa-serif:

justicarrsamara:

Why do Americans call ‘Richard’s ‘dick’ and ‘Robert’s ‘Bob’ I don’t get it

I can explain this! Richard and Robert are English names originally, and for a while, rhyming slang was a quite common in Cockney English. Basically it’s just nicknaming shit with random words that rhyme with it. So you’d call the stairs “apples and pears” or the telephone the “dog-and-bone”. So as Rick is slang for Richard, “Dick” became slang for “Rick” because, well, it rhymed. Same goes for Rob and Bob. This construction has all but fallen out of use, and Dick and Bob are the final hangers-on of this weird little trend.

OHHHHHHHH. I learn something new every day I’m on here.

IVE ALWAYS WONDERED THIS