# Why are you a Dick?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-a-dick/4381>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 28, 1999, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-a-dick/4381 "1999-10-28T08:35:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Post date:** [October 31, 1999, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-a-dick/4381/41 "1999-10-31T00:02:00Z")

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> Hey, I thought there might a ‘Juan’ or two around El Paso. But what’s the Spanish equivalent of ‘Jack’ or ‘Jacques’?  
> -Ray

Out on a limb here - Joaquin?

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Sue from El Paso  
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**Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-a-dick/4381/42 "1999-11-01T05:37:00Z")

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Well, if ‘Jack’, ‘Jacob’ and ‘Jacques’ are equivalent to ‘James’, then ‘Diego’ should work for them in Spanish, I guess, unless there’s also a ‘Jácobo’ or something around.

Ray (Oh, yeah, ‘Dick’; that’s rich.)

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**Author:** ![gypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbce88/32.png) [@gypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-a-dick/4381/43 "1999-11-01T22:16:00Z")

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## Tammy Member posted 10-28-1999 09:09 AM

I don’t know about many people, but my ex was named Richard. Toward the end of the marriage, he became Dick to everyone. Years later people still call him Dick… and he wonders why.

It was well put my dear friend. Now if the curious ones look at posting [http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002213.html/](http://www.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum4/HTML/002213.html/)

hey, you be the judge!

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Unforgiven

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**Author:** ![heretic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/46a35a/32.png) [@heretic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heretic)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 1999, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-a-dick/4381/44 "1999-11-01T22:47:00Z")

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The Irish equivalent of John is Eoghan, not Sean.

ben

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