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[Opinions] Re: Nickname for William
I like both Bill and Will - there aren't that many Williams where I live, but Will has very strong antecedents in children's lit - Will in the Susan Cooper 'Dark Is Rising' books and of course also in the Phillip Pullman 'His Dark Materials' series. Also Shakespeare! Not sure if that's a good thing or not; I think it mostly is. And Bill was used in my family a lot; the last Bill died about ten years ago, in his 80s. So it's got good personal memories to balance the literary ones.One thing, though: I loathe and despise Liam with a passion like frozen acid.
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