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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread will ye, nill ye, I will answer ye #72061 06/10/2002 9:03 PM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,208 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 11,208 Likes: 2 Worcester, MA Didn't Shakespeare get into the act too, in Taming of Shrew, with some statement like "Will ye, nill ye, I will wed ye!" (couldn't be Act Two, could it?) T'would have been a paraphrase of "will he, nill he" ( = willy-nilly) meaning whether he wanted to ("will he") or not ("nill he"). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Q&A mturet 06/05/2002 5:10 PM Re: Q&A wwh 06/05/2002 5:48 PM Re: Q&A willy nilliy wow 06/07/2002 10:21 PM Re: Q&A willy nilliy Keiva 06/08/2002 12:24 AM Re: Q&A willy nilliy Geoff 06/08/2002 1:27 AM Re: Q&A willy nilliy of troy 06/08/2002 2:00 AM Re: Q&A willy nilliy milum 06/10/2002 12:43 PM Re: victorian pornography Keiva 06/10/2002 1:22 PM will ye, nill ye, I will answer ye wofahulicodoc 06/10/2002 9:03 PM Re: Q&A willy nilliy Keiva 06/10/2002 11:21 PM Re: Q&A TheFallibleFiend 06/10/2002 12:19 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,383 Members9,211 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 17 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,208 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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