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minus-squareMrJameGumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoWait until they find out that Billy is short for William
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoOr Hank being short for Henry.
minus-squareMrJameGumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAlso Buffy is short for Elizabeth
minus-squaretb_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI can sorta see that. Beth, Bethy, Buffy
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoI mean, what isn’t short for Elizabeth?
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoElizabeth II, vampire slayer
minus-squarespujb@lemmy.cafeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agopass me a henrykerchief would you my lad
minus-squareBleys@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoSasha is short for Alexander (in Russian)
minus-squareBenaaasaaas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAnd Slava is short for every other name
minus-squareHarold_Penisman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI have actually met someone named Billiam
minus-squareMrJameGumb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoAlso, Peggy is short for Margaret 🤯
minus-squarelessthanluigi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe best married couple, Henry and Margaret Hill.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoYa that one has always bothered me. It makes zero sense. That’s like having Mark be short for Brennan.
minus-squareStovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoSome nicknames do a consonant shift for the first letter, like William > Will > Willy > Billy Margaret > Meg > Meggy > Peggy
Wait until they find out that Billy is short for William
Or Hank being short for Henry.
Also Buffy is short for Elizabeth
I can sorta see that. Beth, Bethy, Buffy
I mean, what isn’t short for Elizabeth?
Elizabeth II, vampire slayer
pass me a henrykerchief would you my lad
Sasha is short for Alexander (in Russian)
And Slava is short for every other name
Billium
I have actually met someone named Billiam
The lost element
Also, Peggy is short for Margaret 🤯
The best married couple, Henry and Margaret Hill.
Wait, really?
Yes, really.
this one makes me violent
Ya that one has always bothered me. It makes zero sense. That’s like having Mark be short for Brennan.
Some nicknames do a consonant shift for the first letter, like William > Will > Willy > Billy
Margaret > Meg > Meggy > Peggy
Chuck is short for Charles