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Wait until they find out that Billy is short for William
Billium
Also, Peggy is short for Margaret 🤯
this one makes me violent
The best married couple, Henry and Margaret Hill.
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
Wait, really?
Yes, really.
Chuck is short for Charles
I have actually met someone named Billiam
The lost element
Sasha is short for Alexander (in Russian)
And Slava is short for every other name
Or Hank being short for Henry.
pass me a henrykerchief would you my lad
Also Buffy is short for Elizabeth
Elizabeth II, vampire slayer
I can sorta see that. Beth, Bethy, Buffy
I mean, what isn't short for Elizabeth?