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Good Luck Sim.

Quote from user: SimThis is only an idea, but I think I'll call it "Dickie joins the Gang", whaddaya think?
No... there has to be something better than that. How about "Uncle Scrooge and Dickie Duck"? Or "Arriving: Dickie"?

But as far as I know, Dickie Duck hasn't appeared in the English language yet. Wouldn't you first think of a better name for her, than her 'official' name?

Quote from user: Dutch Duckfan Down UnderBut as far as I know, Dickie Duck hasn't appeared in the English language yet. Wouldn't you first think of a better name for her, than her 'official' name?
Or 'Doris Duck'? Or 'Dolly Duck'?

I think Doris or Dolly would sound better than Dickie.

I couldn't swear to it in a court of law, but I seem to remember an article all the way back in the Gladstone I days about Scarpa mentioning the name "Dickie Duck". This would make it her unofficial English name for at least the last quarter century; and the page Sim posted (from the English print of I TL 1600-A in US 388-391) makes it official at this point.

Quote from user: ramapithAgreed.
"Ga-Ga" suggests either Lady Gaga or a gurgling baby. "Dolly" suggests a little girl playing with a doll. Honestly, neither is a very good name for a character who was created??on some level??to represent modern, liberated young women. She had jeans and a motorbike at a time when most Disney females still wore dresses.
I don't know why Scarpa chose "Dickie," but I can make an educated guess that the choice had to do with its being a unisex name: it can be short for either Richard or Richardine, and thus represents a kind of gender equality.
I've lived 60 years, spending time in Canada, USA Britain, most of Western Europe, and never once heard the name "Richardine". Is that the proper first name of Ricky Lake?

There was a Dickie Duck used in a Strobl-drawn story in a Gold Key Donald Duck issue. I believe he was a detective (and cousin of Donald).

Clearly it is an extremely uncommon name. None of those people are widely known. I contend that probably most English speakers live all their lives never hearing the name "Richardine". I almost made it to the end of mine without coming across it. And I am relatively well-read and well traveled. And something else interests me about the use of the nickname "Dickie" for Richardine. Does "Dick" come from Richard because toddlers trying to pronounce Richard end up saying "Dick"? If so, those same babies wouldn't say "Dick" while trying to pronounce Richardine. They'd probably say "Dine" (Deen).