Are you a "Billyver"?

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Post by CJ-Rochester » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:24 pm

According to the BETM Facebook page the new chosen name for fans of the show is "Billyvers". So hello to all my fellow Billyvers.

http://www.facebook.com/BillyElliot

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angelenroute: Billy; Posts: 3831; Joined: Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:05 am; Location: Malverne (Long Island), NY

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Post by angelenroute » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:42 pm

CJ-Rochester wrote:According to the BETM Facebook page the new chosen name for fans of the show is "Billyvers". So hello to all my fellow Billyvers.

http://www.facebook.com/BillyElliot

As I mentioned on that page, I'm not a fan. The pronunciation sounds too much like Billy verrrs instead of Believers. It'd just confuse people.

Sean

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Post by ERinVA » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:29 pm

I don't like it either. It seems that it would rhyme with McGyver. Remember him?

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Post by CJ-Rochester » Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:23 pm

I don't like it either, but was just doing the reporting.

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Post by dongringo » Thu Aug 25, 2011 12:17 am

Protest

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Post by accessmenj » Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:21 am

Too cute. I hate cute!

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Post by Vickam » Sun Sep 04, 2011 12:55 pm

Too bad, I voted for Billiots !

Billys seen : Tommy (2009), Ollie (2010), Dean, Ryan. (2011)
Favourite Billys : Tommy (2009), Ollie (2010), Dean, Ryan. (2011)

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Post by Lola » Tue Sep 06, 2011 8:28 pm

ERinVA wrote:I don't like it either. It seems that it would rhyme with McGyver. Remember him?

Haha, that's what I thought

I didn't get it first because I pronounced it that way.
Worked well for years without "a name" though...I don't need it.

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Post by Steamboy » Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:31 am

There was some discussion in the early years of using 'BElievers' to describe fans, but that seems to have dropped away.

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Post by StevenKing » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:27 am

For good reason lol.