huh. Regional slang perhaps, but I always heard the term as “all Willy Nilly”. So “will-ye or nill-ye” is a new one for me!
(I’m in the mid Atlantic region, eastern US. What about y’all: what is the expression and where are you from?)
-rb
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2025-06-28 00:11:27 UTC
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