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in reply to a message by queenv
I don't care for Will at all; my sense of it is being kind of boring and wimpy. :-/
I love William, and if I used it myself I'd go with the full name. It's so handsome and romantic. (ETA: I think Pim is the sweetest, cutest thing, but I don't know if I'd want to have my kid go through life explaining William "Pim" in a middle American, English speaking context.)
However, on the subject of Bill--while I wouldn't default to it myself, I don't dislike it. And if pressed to choose I'd take Bill over any other William nickname. I know a kid who is maybe eight or nine and is William "Bill." It's really delightful; I love "man" names on little kids.
I'm glad you brought it up. I can see it growing on me. :-)
"He was healthy to the point of heathendom and he acknowledged no power but his own."
Joseph Roth, Hotel Savoy
I love William, and if I used it myself I'd go with the full name. It's so handsome and romantic. (ETA: I think Pim is the sweetest, cutest thing, but I don't know if I'd want to have my kid go through life explaining William "Pim" in a middle American, English speaking context.)
However, on the subject of Bill--while I wouldn't default to it myself, I don't dislike it. And if pressed to choose I'd take Bill over any other William nickname. I know a kid who is maybe eight or nine and is William "Bill." It's really delightful; I love "man" names on little kids.
I'm glad you brought it up. I can see it growing on me. :-)
Joseph Roth, Hotel Savoy
This message was edited 7/12/2014, 8:28 PM
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Pim is really cute! I didn't know anything about it.
I would worry people would want to call him "pimp" though. Sigh.
I would worry people would want to call him "pimp" though. Sigh.
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I didn't even think of 'pimp.' Gross. But it otherwise isn't exactly something I can see a grown man, adolescent boy, or basically anyone over the age of five appreciating. Well, except for women on this board I suppose!
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