What city has two names twice?
David Bergdahl
dlbrgdhl at GMAIL.COM
Wed Nov 1 18:56:02 UTC 2006
Then there was the afternoon dj on WNEW in NY ... William B. Williams: he
always claimed that his middle name was Bill!
On 11/1/06, Orion Montoya <gorion at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Wikipedia:
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> Billy Dee Williams (born William December Williams Jr. on 6 April 1937
> in New York City)
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> So blame the grandparents. Any ANS-ers who can talk about the
> likelihood that Sr. was born in December?
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> O.
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> On 10/27/06, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> > I've always assumed that Billy Dee Williams' given name is William
> > Williams. What were his parents thinking?
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