why is it that any guy named william has bill or billy as a nickname? bill and william don't even sound alike!!!
2006-12-11 10:33:39 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Billary
2006-12-11 10:37:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
IM not really sure but I know that in the 16th century during the Reformation, Protestants abandoned the usage of Catholic names such as William instead using Biblical names... so maybe thats when "Bill" came about, so it doesnt sound like william?
2006-12-11 18:50:37 · answer #2 · answered by K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WILLiam BILLy
ILL
WILL BILL
just with different first letters
2006-12-11 19:39:35 · answer #3 · answered by Lithium 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only ask the same question about the nickname Jack, for someone named Johnathon!
Or the nickname Peggie from the name Margaret? Where did that come from?
2006-12-11 18:42:42 · answer #4 · answered by abfabmom1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am still trying to figure out why the nickname for John is Jack. Is John so hard to say that they needed a nickname for it? I don't know. All I know is, if a name has only one syllable then you really don't need a nickname.
2006-12-11 18:43:11 · answer #5 · answered by nana4dakids 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow a guy in my school does that!??! yeah its weird i am not sure maybe that dont like will or william and think it is cooler to be called billy strange maybe you should ask him?!?!?
2006-12-11 18:35:59 · answer #6 · answered by tErI :-) 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello Bill Will
2006-12-11 18:35:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Americans......
2006-12-11 18:35:48 · answer #8 · answered by Reading and Answering Your Q' 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all the guys have bill as nickname.
but yeah i agree it doesnt fit together
2006-12-11 18:35:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably because will and bill rhyme
the weirdest one i ever saw was Quique and Henry
(spanish name)
2006-12-11 19:14:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋