Nice biologic there, Bill. (As an aside, my brother’s name was Wilson, but I couldn’t pronounce that as a hid, so I called him Bill, & was the only one allowed to throughout his life).
Doug
> On May 17, 2016, at 4:26 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> No conqueror, this William,
> No particular Will
> to speak of even.
>
> Guillaume to the French,
> Vasilly to the Greeks,
> Bog standard Bill
>
> to those who know him
> and even those who don't.
> Bill please, waiter.
>
> No Willy as in Wagtail
> or schlong. Nor Billy,
> the goat, just Bill.
>
> Rhymes with dill
> and pill, both epithets
> he strives to avoid.
>
> No trouble for some
> as form of address,
> just an easy opening
>
> lip-pushed 'B'
> followed by that
> short vowel 'i',
>
> pushing tongue
> to mouth front and
> spreading cheeks
>
> to smile position.
> It's those final 'l's
> that lead to grief.
>
> Requires tongue tip
> on alveolar ridge
> (behind front teeth)
>
> then air flow
> either side of tongue.
> Seems to bother
>
> so many. No end-
> stopped Fred or Bob
> or even Lou,
>
> 'L' seems to like
> to start or to sound
> like it will go on.
>
> But with me it won't.
> The naming buck
> stops at Bill.
>
> bw
Douglas Barbour
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