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greenday | 12:49 Wed 13th Oct 2004 | People & Places
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Why is the name William abbreviated to Wm and not just W? What is so special about that name that it needs a two letter abbreviation? You see it on business vans, letterheads etc. For example Wm. Smith & Sons.
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Don't know the real reason but I could hazard a guess. The Wm abreviation is quite old and so it could have been used to distinguish between William and Walter or other names begining with W.
15:06 Wed 13th Oct 2004
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Also Thos - Thomas Jas - James Ml - Michael Geo - George
16:22 Wed 13th Oct 2004
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Henry Hy, and Charles Chas. Would one say that W for William is not an abbreviation but an initial, and that Wm is an abbreviation?
23:52 Wed 13th Oct 2004

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