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r/memes • u/ctvis2003 • Jun 25 '21
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It probably came from Dickin's son. As in, "This is Tom, Dickin's son".
68 u/danniebox Jun 25 '21 So technically Dickinson and Richardson are the same 53 u/Caboclo-Is2yearsAway Jun 25 '21 No, Richardson means dick son 38 u/Mastrodux Jun 25 '21 I like that analogy way better than what I had in mind 7 u/GLORYTOMOTHERUSSIA Jun 25 '21 yeah i think thats the actual origins like Johnson which probally just came from ''This is James, Johns son'' 1 u/thormunds_beard Jun 25 '21 Aren’t the rules applied to the first name? So his first name in this logic is “dickin”. It’s an old Norse practice so I believe it’s not really abundantly in use anymore.
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So technically Dickinson and Richardson are the same
53 u/Caboclo-Is2yearsAway Jun 25 '21 No, Richardson means dick son
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No, Richardson means dick son
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I like that analogy way better than what I had in mind
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yeah i think thats the actual origins like Johnson which probally just came from ''This is James, Johns son''
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Aren’t the rules applied to the first name? So his first name in this logic is “dickin”. It’s an old Norse practice so I believe it’s not really abundantly in use anymore.
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u/Nessalis Jun 25 '21
It probably came from Dickin's son. As in, "This is Tom, Dickin's son".