It’s cause there were too many Williams, Richards, and Roberts. They shortened to Will, Rick, and Rob. But there were still too many so they started substituting the first letter.
Now you have Bill, Bob, and Dick.
Those got pretty popular just on their own so now they’re just common shortenings.
I mean, how did we get “Dick” from Richard?
Or “Bill” from “William”?
By asking nicely and having a thicc ass.
Cockney rhyming slang.
Or “Will” from"Billiam"?
Bill at least has 3 of the first four letters of William. 🤷♂️
It’s cause there were too many Williams, Richards, and Roberts. They shortened to Will, Rick, and Rob. But there were still too many so they started substituting the first letter.
Now you have Bill, Bob, and Dick.
Those got pretty popular just on their own so now they’re just common shortenings.
Fully agreed, but it bothers me that you changed the order of the resulting names