“I mean by using the initials or first two letters.”
“What first two letters?” asked Dick.
“Of our names, of course. You can’t make anything out of the initials, because they’re all consonants, but—”
“We could make believe it was a Russian name,” said Chub helpfully.
“By using the first two letters,” continued Roy, “you get Torodi. How’s that?”
“It’s even worse than we feared!” said Chub to Dick sotto voce.
“Oh, cut it out,” exclaimed Roy, testily. “Talk sense.”
“Well, it sounds rather—er—interesting, don’t you think, Dick?”
“Oh, it’s great,” Dick answered. “What’s it mean?”
“It doesn’t mean anything, you silly chump!” Roy answered warmly. “It’s just a name; T-o, for Tom; r-o, for Roy; d-i, for Dick.”