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Thread #88554   Message #1662367
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
05-Feb-06 - 05:07 PM
Thread Name: Double entendre or language shift?
Subject: RE: Double entendre or language shift?
A quick look for Willy-Willie produced about twenty that start with that name in the Bodleian Library, including the well-known (or was) "Willie's Drunk Again" (changed to 'Paddy' in some versions). Many, many more with Willie-Willy as the subject.
Would you change them all willy-nilly to 'Billie-Billy'?