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[–] MrJameGumb 32 points 6 days ago (20 children)

Wait until they find out that Billy is short for William

[–] TotallynotJessica 17 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Billium

[–] MrJameGumb 20 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Also, Peggy is short for Margaret 🤯

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

this one makes me violent

[–] lessthanluigi 8 points 6 days ago

The best married couple, Henry and Margaret Hill.

[–] VelvetStorm 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ya that one has always bothered me. It makes zero sense. That's like having Mark be short for Brennan.

[–] Stovetop 6 points 5 days ago

Some nicknames do a consonant shift for the first letter, like William > Will > Willy > Billy

Margaret > Meg > Meggy > Peggy

[–] konalt 4 points 6 days ago

Chuck is short for Charles

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Wait, really?

[–] MrJameGumb 6 points 6 days ago

[–] snausagesinablanket 2 points 6 days ago

Marge

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