This seems to be a title of a new American movie...
But, I was told that the word "dick" is offensive....
How does this go?
But, I was told that the word "dick" is offensive....
How does this go?
Fun with Dick and Jane...
The matter, though, is that "Dick" is also a male first name, at least in the US, even though you won't see that many younger individuals named such today (such was more common earlier in the twentieth century, though), just like how one does not see many people named "Randy" in the UK today.
Fun with Dick and Jane is a reference to a very extensive and long-lived series for textbooks for teaching reading to children (in the U.S.). One of them actually had _Fun with Dick and Jane_ as its title.
Maybe they chose "Jane" because Jane Fonda starred in the original from 1977. At the time, Richard/Dick was a more popular name.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076059/
And the remake with Jim Carey:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369441/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076059/
And the remake with Jim Carey:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369441/
I think I should add that "Dick" is a nickname for "Richard".
Anyone heard of Dick Cheney?
Anyone heard of Dick Cheney?
Dick is a short name or Richard but I don't think you find many Dicks around now (I mean just the name and nothing else here....). Here in the UK the two Dicks from history which spring to mind first and foremost are Dick Whittington (who had a famous cat and walked all the way to London, found wealth and fortune and "steets paved with gold" and then became Lord Mayor of London).
http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_folktales_dickwhittington.html
T'other (to use a North of England expression, because that is where he came from (York..the old original one) is Dick Turpin, a famous highwayman who rode his horse all the way from York to London and on the way held up stagecoaches carrying wealthy passengers. He nicked their money and jewels or whatever, then distributed them to the poor. Not all highwaymen were so altruistic. We have Highwaymen today...legal ones, only they are called the Inland Revenue...licensed income tax collectors.
Highwaymen (or roadside robbers) have always had a sort of romantic image..bravely charging along on horseback wearing masks at dead of night and holding up the overnight stagecoaches in 18th century Britain. I guess that Turpin was the only one who gave his takings to the poor and needy.
http://www.stand-and-deliver.org.uk/highwaymen/dick_turpin.htm
Here in Edinburgh we have a Royal Dick (nothing to do with male members of the Royal Family)......it's a college for Vets (Veterinary College).
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk
Personally I don't know any guy called Dick and never have....I think it's mainly old people who may still be called Dick. The word "dick" immediately brings to mind the male anatomy so maybe that's a reason nobody is called Dick any more. I don't know if "dick" has always been used in the anatomical sense?
What is used a lot in the UK is the abusive term "Dickhead".....it means a stupid person. As in: "Why the fcuk did you do that, you dickhead!"
http://www.longlongtimeago.com/llta_folktales_dickwhittington.html
T'other (to use a North of England expression, because that is where he came from (York..the old original one) is Dick Turpin, a famous highwayman who rode his horse all the way from York to London and on the way held up stagecoaches carrying wealthy passengers. He nicked their money and jewels or whatever, then distributed them to the poor. Not all highwaymen were so altruistic. We have Highwaymen today...legal ones, only they are called the Inland Revenue...licensed income tax collectors.
Highwaymen (or roadside robbers) have always had a sort of romantic image..bravely charging along on horseback wearing masks at dead of night and holding up the overnight stagecoaches in 18th century Britain. I guess that Turpin was the only one who gave his takings to the poor and needy.
http://www.stand-and-deliver.org.uk/highwaymen/dick_turpin.htm
Here in Edinburgh we have a Royal Dick (nothing to do with male members of the Royal Family)......it's a college for Vets (Veterinary College).
http://www.vet.ed.ac.uk
Personally I don't know any guy called Dick and never have....I think it's mainly old people who may still be called Dick. The word "dick" immediately brings to mind the male anatomy so maybe that's a reason nobody is called Dick any more. I don't know if "dick" has always been used in the anatomical sense?
What is used a lot in the UK is the abusive term "Dickhead".....it means a stupid person. As in: "Why the fcuk did you do that, you dickhead!"