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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Wait until they find out that Billy is short for William

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Billium

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Also, Peggy is short for Margaret 🤯

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

this one makes me violent

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The best married couple, Henry and Margaret Hill.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ya that one has always bothered me. It makes zero sense. That's like having Mark be short for Brennan.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Some nicknames do a consonant shift for the first letter, like William > Will > Willy > Billy

Margaret > Meg > Meggy > Peggy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sasha is short for Alexander (in Russian)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

And Slava is short for every other name

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or Hank being short for Henry.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also Buffy is short for Elizabeth

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I mean, what isn't short for Elizabeth?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Jim is short for Jimothy.