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[Joe Horn]

(06-24-2023 08:17 PM)C.Ret Wrote:  

(06-20-2023 09:12 PM)brouhaha Wrote:  "Life is short and ROM is full."
- Bill Wickes

I like this quote but wouldn't it be from Wiliam C Wickes? Was Bill a joke-nickname?

<TMI> Although "William" is his legal and formal name, he calls himself "Bill" in all informal settings, and everybody who knows him calls him "Bill". In the "Credits" section of the books by James Donnelly (who always calls himself "Jim"), he calls him "Bill Wickes". It's the same as the way that my legal and formal name is "Joseph", but I call myself "Joe" and everybody who knows me calls me "Joe". Yes, I suppose that these are called "nicknames", but please note that they are polite nicknames, with no implications of being a joke or lacking any respect. At least in American culture there is a difference between polite nicknames (which carry the same respect as the formal name) and joke nicknames (which span the huge range from terms of endearment to intentionally offensive insults). Shortened names (e.g., "Joe" for "Joseph", "Bill" for "William", "Sam" for "Samuel", "Chris" for "Christopher", and so on) are usually polite nicknames, at least in the USA. </TMI>