User talk:Treasurehouse

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Don Draper/Richard Whitman
You reverted my edit which verified that Don Draper was born as 'Richard Whitman' not 'Dick Whitman'. AMC verified this information on their website. Perhaps this was a mistake on your part. You should take a moment to read the link from AMC that was provided:[url]http://www.amctv.com/originals/madmen/episode310[/url], it states "Betty, doing laundry, discovers Don's key. Opening his drawer, she sees his money stash, along with the cardboard box containing Whitman family photos, the army dog tags of Richard Whitman and the real Don Draper, the deed to Anna Draper's house, and the divorce decree dissolving her marriage to Don." It's also showed visually in that episode and the legal name on his government issued name tags is 'Richard Whitman'. In case you did not know, 'Dick' is commonly a diminutive nickname for Richard, and 'Dick' is not usually a legal given name, perhaps you were unaware of that. His being called 'Dick' does not make that his legal name, even if he was referred to more often as 'Dick'. (75.69.241.91 (talk) 19:32, 11 November 2009 (UTC))

Sorry, I didn't catch the dog tag reference to "Richard." I was going by the episode where baby "Dick" is handed over to Abigail by the midwife with the line about how he was given that name. While I am aware that Dick is usually a nickname for Richard, many parents forgo the more formal name and just use the diminutive form. I would guess this may have been the case with Dick Whitman, and he later formally changed it to Richard before enlisting in the army.treasurehouse (talk) 15:10, 6 August 2010 (UTC)