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Willie (and Lolita)
Ok, so I love the name Will (just Will, mind you - from a story character when I was young) for a boy. But I know me, and I am forever making silly nicknames and such for people. Mias become Mimis, Jennifers become Junipers. It's a sickness I tell you.Anyways, I like Will, but know with 101% certainty that I would inevitable call such a child Willie or Willy. Would this be an atrocious nickname?? I live in Canada, just fyi.Also - what do you think of Lolita? Too scandalous to use?

This message was edited 10/10/2009, 7:02 PM

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You sound like my father. He makes up a nickname for everybody. :)I don't think being called Willie/Willy on occasion is such a big deal. I don't care for the nickname, but it's not THAT bad. Nicknames are often silly or cute.Lolita, in my opinion, is too sleazy to use on a child.
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I like Will but wouldn't use Willy (see my reply to Murasaki). It would get a lot of silly comments here in Britain.I like the sound of Lolita. I haven't read the book or seen the film but I know enough about it. I think if you were a celeb or moved in very liberal, arty circles you could maybe get away with it. I might feel differently having read it though.
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I really like Will, but isn't Willy slang for "penis"? At least it is in the UK, not sure about Canada.Lolita's cute, but I don't think it's useable as it's become synonim for "sexually precocious young girl."
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I don't like the nickname Willie / Willy due to the fact that it's slang for penis. I know this isn't the case in the U.S.A - don't know about Canada. I suppose though that as a nickname it's fine, if the child doesn't like it he won't need to use it.I don't think that Lolita is usable.
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Yeah, Willy's not used at all here as slang for penis (Dick is), but I wondered if the British use of it has become a universally known thing.
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actuallyI'm not English, but I have spent some time in the UK, and I get the impression"willie" is not as vulgar as dick, it's more the kind of word children might use?
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Yes, it's what children say and what adults say when they are talking to a child. A bit like children say wee or pee instead of urine/urinate.Not a name I'd consider using as it would provoke too many sniggers and daft comments from adults and children!
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It's used in Australia, but we're a British convict colony. ;)
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