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What would you think if you met a William who went by Willie, and not Will?
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That he had a good sense of humor or had an old-fashioned sensibility.
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I've never heard it as a name. What I have heard is people using 'willies' as a synonym for 'creeps' (as in, "it gives me the willies"), so I think of that.
...oh, wait, I have heard of Willie Nelson. I like some of his songs, but I did think his name was off-putting when I first heard it as a kid.
...oh, wait, I have heard of Willie Nelson. I like some of his songs, but I did think his name was off-putting when I first heard it as a kid.
This message was edited 12/25/2018, 4:53 AM
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Besides the penis associations, it sounds a bit childish to me.
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I would be surprised unless he was a young child or an old man. I don't care about the slang association, which has never been part of my vocabulary. I just think Willie is a childish nickname, like Timmy, Bobby, Joey, etc.
Dick is totally different to me. If a non-elderly American guy told me his name was Dick, I would assume he was trying to get a reaction from me and not spend any time talking to him.
Dick is totally different to me. If a non-elderly American guy told me his name was Dick, I would assume he was trying to get a reaction from me and not spend any time talking to him.
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I wouldn’t give it a second thought. My pop (grandad) himself was named Willie and I have many family members named it.
Wouldn’t personally use it because of teasing but I associate it more with family members than a penis.
Wouldn’t personally use it because of teasing but I associate it more with family members than a penis.
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I wouldn't think of penises any more than I do when I meet a guy named Peter, tbh.
Willie would make me think of Willie Nelson first.
And Willie Mays and Willy Wonka.
It's like the name Dick - if I find it as the name of a person, it first makes me think of Dick Clark and Dick Button and Dick Van Dyke.
So, I guess that dates me!
It's just a name to me, on some level. I guess it is also an 'older black man' & baseball star name, and for some reason - maybe only Nelson, but it seems like there's more than that? - on a white guy I'd vaguely associate it with marijuana. Like it's playful and theatrically hippy. In a brassy way.
I only think of the slang after recognizing the name - and I feel kinda like an idiot for thinking of it, too.
I understand why people who use the slang don't find any appeal in using them as names - I don't either - but I think that to say that they are terrible unfortunate names, for the people who have them, because of the slang, is silly and kinda disrespectful.
Willie would make me think of Willie Nelson first.
And Willie Mays and Willy Wonka.
It's like the name Dick - if I find it as the name of a person, it first makes me think of Dick Clark and Dick Button and Dick Van Dyke.
So, I guess that dates me!
It's just a name to me, on some level. I guess it is also an 'older black man' & baseball star name, and for some reason - maybe only Nelson, but it seems like there's more than that? - on a white guy I'd vaguely associate it with marijuana. Like it's playful and theatrically hippy. In a brassy way.
I only think of the slang after recognizing the name - and I feel kinda like an idiot for thinking of it, too.
I understand why people who use the slang don't find any appeal in using them as names - I don't either - but I think that to say that they are terrible unfortunate names, for the people who have them, because of the slang, is silly and kinda disrespectful.
This message was edited 12/22/2018, 11:27 AM
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I think that to say that they are terrible unfortunate names, for the people who have them, because of the slang, is silly and kinda disrespectful.
Ha. This is how I've always felt whenever someone has snickered at the name of my Uncle Dick. I inwardly roll my eyes at their immaturity, but I also feel a little angry because I find it disrespectful. I want to explain that my uncle was born in 1929, before the slang term had gained wide currency, and therefore my grandparents were not cruel idiots who decided to slap their son with a cringe-worthy name that invites ridicule.
So why did I say what I did about Willie? How hypocritical of me.
I apologize to every Willie out there.
Ha. This is how I've always felt whenever someone has snickered at the name of my Uncle Dick. I inwardly roll my eyes at their immaturity, but I also feel a little angry because I find it disrespectful. I want to explain that my uncle was born in 1929, before the slang term had gained wide currency, and therefore my grandparents were not cruel idiots who decided to slap their son with a cringe-worthy name that invites ridicule.
So why did I say what I did about Willie? How hypocritical of me.
I apologize to every Willie out there.
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I'd be surprised, though not pleased, if he was old enough to talk.
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Horrible. Willie is just awful. I've always felt that way. Of course, it doesn't help that it was/is a slang term for "penis". Although I don't know how commonly the term is used these days, I still think of it.
When I was pregnant with my son, we'd already decided to call him Will (if it was a boy). During a conversation with my mother-in-law, she ordered me to call him Will and not Willie. I was annoyed by the fact that she was ordering me to do something I'd already decided to do, but the fact that I hate Willie so much certainly prevented me from ignoring her order out of spite, lol.
When I was pregnant with my son, we'd already decided to call him Will (if it was a boy). During a conversation with my mother-in-law, she ordered me to call him Will and not Willie. I was annoyed by the fact that she was ordering me to do something I'd already decided to do, but the fact that I hate Willie so much certainly prevented me from ignoring her order out of spite, lol.
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I'd think: well, you're not from here! - as it's the common kid's term for penis in the UK and therefore unusable. I have met a few Scottish bearers, but they're always older men - 60+ - and usually pronounce it 'Wullie'
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Yep and it's also used in the states. The equivalent of using the name, 'Dick' in this day and age.
Undoubtedly a bad idea.
Undoubtedly a bad idea.
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I'd expect him to be an older black man, to be honest. You almost never see it on young or white guys today. It's almost gotten to be a cliche.
Beyond that, I'd assume his family was overrun with Williams and Will already got grabbed up by an uncle or his dad or a cousin.
Beyond that, I'd assume his family was overrun with Williams and Will already got grabbed up by an uncle or his dad or a cousin.
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These are my exact thoughts.
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