how the hell is bill short for william?

[ii2cky]

or bob is short for robert?

 

[r31j23]

or +@!% for richard??
never understood this.

 

[seventh letter]

What kind of name is Shaquille

 

[dylans33]

good question

 

[daprescription]

Or !**@ for Richard? ^ you beat me.

 

[trillipinotrapstar]

How is Jim short for James?

 

[falcon4567]

Ted is short for Edward, like Ted Kennedy or Ted Kord; I never understood that.

 

[mrprince757]

Shut up and update your blog

 

[oidreez]

Originally Posted by R31J23

or +@!% for richard??
never understood this.

 

[jawnyquest]

Originally Posted by seventh letter

What kind of name is Shaquille

i dont know why this is so funny to me

 

[bdavis5]

Chuck for Charles?!?

 

[phaze1123]

Good question. My first name is William and I refuse to be called Bill. Things that make you go hmmmm?

 

[limitedretroog]

I've always wondered this, too...

 

[la213espg]

 

[itz rolli]

http://answers.yahoo.com/...qid=20070714055357AAslxec

Best Answer - Chosen by Voters
According to the report, back in the days of Old and Middle English,
everything was written by hand; "it was therefore common and easier to
use agreed-upon abbreviations." An example of an abbreviation was
"Ric." for "Richard".

The abbreviations led to diminutives, such as "Rick".

Rhyming nicknames were fairly common in the 12th and 13th centuries,
such as "Hick" and "%%%@" from "Rick". "%%%@ and Hick were among the
earliest of the rhyming nicknames, first appearing in writing around
1220. Other rhyming nicknames include Polly from Molly, Bob from Rob
(from Robert), Bill from Will (from William); and Hodge from Roger."

%%%@ has remained a nickname for Richard. "'Hick' has thankfully
become obsolete, except when tied to '%%%@' in rhymes such as
'Hickory, Dickory, Dock.'"

A web site on the etymology and history of first names in English
agrees that "Bob" is a medieval "rhyming nickname" for Robert. This
site also suggests that the change in the initial consonant from
"Rick" to "%%%@" may have been caused by "the way the trilled Norman R
was pronounced by the English."

* 1 year ago

 

[geminifly]

OP, I always wondered how you pronounce your screen name?

 

[willo23]

It has to do with letter swapping, It used to be popular during 13th-14th century to change the first letters of names.... examples of this are Polly fromMolly, Bob from Rob, Hick and *#$^ from Richard, and Hodge from Roger. It's also said it was part of the English adapting these names to their language.

 

[03silverbullet]

Originally Posted by R31J23

or +@!% for richard??
never understood this.

Originally Posted by daprescription

Or !**@ for Richard? ^ you beat me.

i was wondering the same thing. i had a drill sergeant who use to refer to new privates as "swingin' richards". then i put two andtwo together.

 

[retrojtino]

Nicknames are bee-ess

 

[ill w1lliam]

Lol my dads name is Robert, and my name is William.

 

[ii2cky]

bobert and billiam haha

 

[infamousod]

the Office: (from memory, not particularly relevant but always love quoting the Office)

Michael: Oh and this is Mistah Rodgers, he runs the warehouse.

Jim: Is your last name Rodgers?

Daryl: It's Philbin. First it was Regis, then Reg, then Rodge then Mistah Rodgers.

 

[polkaaspott]

watching it now

 

[eight2one]

billy bob

 

[mateen cleaves]

good question.