Short Forms
- Czech: Ríša
- English: Rick, Rich, Dick, Dickie, Rik, Ric
- Estonian: Riho
- Finnish: Riku
- Hungarian: Ricsi, Ricsike, Rics
- Icelandic: Rikki
- Lithuanian: Ryčka
- Polish: Rysio, Rysiek, Ryś
- Portuguese: Rico, Ric
- Slovak: Rišo, Riško, Riči
- Spanish: Cayo (Guatemala)
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Famous quotes containing the words short and/or forms:
“Resorts advertised for waitresses, specifying that they “must appear in short clothes or no engagement.” Below a Gospel Guide column headed, “Where our Local Divines Will Hang Out Tomorrow,” was an account of spirited gun play at the Bon Ton. In Jeff Winney’s California Concert Hall, patrons “bucked the tiger” under the watchful eye of Kitty Crawhurst, popular “lady” gambler.”
—Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“We can imagine a society in which no one could survive as a social being because it does not correspond to biologically determined perceptions and human social needs. For historical reasons, existing societies might have such properties, leading to various forms of pathology.”
—Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)