My Primary School teacher had the unfortunate name of Richard Mycock, of course Dick is short for Richard but during recess we all referred to him as Dick Hiscock not mine.
A woman I used to work with started calling me 'Pete'. Asked her why and she said she thought that was what I might go by "for short" — cause, you know, "Pete" is soooo much shorter than "Pierce" lol
True: I knew a guy back in high school days named Richard Hedd, he hated being called Dick. I also knew of a small-town police officer whose last name was Babbit. Unbelievably he named his son, Peter.
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"Do you have a pencil, Dick?"