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[Opinions] Re: Nickname for William
I prefer Will SO SO SO SO much. I really don't care for Bill. It sounds like... I don't know, someone who would come to your door selling life insurance. I read a book once where a William was nicknamed Wim, and I kind of like that.
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I know a William who's known as Wim, or perhaps Whim. Not sure. But I don't think much of him, and so I don't like Wim either. In Dutch, and sometimes in Afrikaans, Wim is pronounced Vim because William is Willem, pronounced Villem, and I don't mind that at all.
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was it "B is for Burglar?"That's a Kinsey Millhone mystery by Sue Grafton. There's a witness Kinsey interviews named William, nn Wim. I can't say I like Wim, it seems affected and weak.
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Ok, so I do remember what book it was, or at least the author, but I wasn't going to mention it because I am ashamed of myself. ... I read it in a Danielle Steel book. She is one of the most pretentious writers of drivel I've ever read, so it's no surprise a name she uses on a character seems affected.
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I've only ever read parts of her books ...A long long time ago and I don't get how she's been so successful. If I recall, she doesn't even do good sex scenes.
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She doesn't do sex scenes! It's like "and then, over the faberge egg, Philip looked at Victoria, saw the Tiffany necklace sparkling at her throat, and said, 'oh I love you, my darling. I know we've just met at Spago and I know we've only had one night together at the Ritz, but I love you darling. I do.'" And then we leave the room and they have very expensive sex we don't know about.
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oh, yeah, she's a name-dropperOr a brand-name dropper, actually.
Be more interesting if they did something kinky with the Faberge egg, wouldn't it?
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