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[Opinions] Re: Nickname for William
Will is a nice nn, and so is Bill. But the funny thing is, Bill seems a bit odd on a very young guy. In elementary school in my class there was a kid named Bill, and I remember even then thinking it was kind of funny for a boy that age to be called Bill. My uncle's name is Bill so that was the age of Bill I was most familiar with.
But my school friend Bill and I were in a class that included both a Billy and a Will, so it worked out good for him.
We have a good friend named Bill who is a Junior. He has a grown son who is a Third and who goes by Billy. When he was born his parents were planning on nicknaming him Trey, but it never did take, not even with them.I don't find Billy too bad either. A bit redneck, maybe, but not terrible. Willie is probably my least favorite nn for William, though I did once work with a very nice older guy named Willie. He was very country, and I don't know if Willie was his full name or if he was William.
I'm not even counting Liam as a nn for William, unless you're actualy Irish.William is one of those names that's well-dressed wherever it goes, and I think Bill as a nn is also well-dressed wherever it goes, as is Will. Not so much Billy or Willie. The only drawback I see for William is a lot of people around here say it so it sounds like Wee-yum, which is awful.
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Wee-yum is awful. That's how an entire half of my family says it. They also say Sarah like Say-ruh and Caroline like Carolahn.
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