tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post6150129720871782191..comments2024-03-21T05:10:57.134+00:00Comments on Mustard Seed Shavings: London 2012Steve Tilleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17400505989949096631noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-87049872872011778822007-06-11T09:22:00.000+01:002007-06-11T09:22:00.000+01:00Unfortunately, my own World Cup Willy got lost som...Unfortunately, my own World Cup Willy got lost sometime in one of the various house moves since 1966. I recall that I also had a Dalek of similar size with a ball bearing in the base. Could probably flog them for a fortune on e-bay now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-41079846192652300322007-06-09T22:51:00.000+01:002007-06-09T22:51:00.000+01:00That is interesting. I had a schoolfellow called W...That is interesting. I had a schoolfellow called Wilma who had moved to Nottingham from Scotland. In Scotland she had been shortened to 'Willy' but in Nottingham she very rapidly learnt that this was not a good name to have. So maybe there was some regional variation as well as a temporal one.<BR/><BR/>I can't help thinking Freud would have something to say about Mrs Thatcher's need for a Willy!RuthJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495519870354705959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-24863748620550532982007-06-08T16:53:00.000+01:002007-06-08T16:53:00.000+01:00Thanks Ruth. Have edited. Wouldn't want people to ...Thanks Ruth. Have edited. Wouldn't want people to get the wrong idea.<BR/><BR/>You are right there was that meaning but it was in parallel with being 'just a name'. It was also my nickname at school because of the obvious rhyme.<BR/><BR/>Mrs Thatcher once, famously, said of Willy Whitelaw, 'Every Prime Minister should have a willy.' She was not joking (she had no sense of humour) and this would have been around 1983 or so.Steve Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17400505989949096631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5581050.post-14192998025377322512007-06-08T13:40:00.000+01:002007-06-08T13:40:00.000+01:00That's interesting because in 1950s inner-city Not...That's interesting because in 1950s inner-city Nottingham, 'willy' definitely already meant what I presume you are flagging as a recent meaning. (And I think you meant 'play' not 'pay'? Can't believe World Cup Willy is the new currency!)RuthJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495519870354705959noreply@blogger.com