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So explain to me. Why is 'Jack' a nickname for 'John'? -- nm

Posted by ty97 Sep 20 '17, 07:18

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And why is Peg short for Margaret? I had an Uncle Jack and Aunt Peg - both English. -- nm - Meg Sep 20, 08:02 4
- My cousin is Peggie (Margaret really) - Tommo97 Sep 20, 08:04 3
  - My mom insisted my name be pronounced M(ee)gan rather than Meggan because she didn't want Meg and Peg in the same family :) - Meg Sep 20, 08:10 2
    - Ummmm....she could have just named you Mary or Victoria :) -- nm - Tommo97 Sep 20, 08:11 1
      - why is Troudel short for Gertrude? -- nm - zeitgeist Sep 20, 11:15
LIR - I always wondered about that " Tomo" thing - Epiphany Sep 20, 07:33 4
- What's to wonder about, love? -- nm - Tommo97 Sep 20, 07:34 3
  - its sexy -- nm - Epiphany Sep 20, 07:42 2
    - *I'm* sexy - Tommo97 Sep 20, 07:42 1
      - I do not disagree -- nm - Epiphany Sep 20, 07:44
Just effing google it... Naw. I think it was mara who posted an interesting article about this (why is Dick short for Richard, etc.) -- (link) - con_carne Sep 20, 07:29
My fishing buddy is nicknamed Jack - decline Sep 20, 07:28 1
- My buddy is named Jack - Matt Foley Sep 20, 07:29
Because in medieval times they didn't have enough names, so people invented diminutive forms of names to distinguish older people from - Roger More Sep 20, 07:24
Goes back to Middle English, may be related to the french name Jacques. -- nm - Ender Sep 20, 07:22
I think it is a Southern thing. -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 07:19 17
- My Dad's parents immigrated from Ireland and that's what they called him. -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 07:23 8
  - Where do you think a lot of Appalachia came from? -- nm - spamlet Sep 20, 07:42 2
    - Their cousins? My point being, my grandparents immigrated from Ireland to NYC in the 1920s - Tommo97 Sep 20, 07:44 1
      - No a lot of Appalachia is from Ireland therefore it's the same root. -- nm - iSpam Sep 20, 07:47
  - Yeah, that is where I was going below (phone called me away). -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 07:27
  - But Southern Ireland, right? -- nm - Ender Sep 20, 07:26 1
    - Republic of Ireland (if that's what you mean) but they were NNE of Galway -- nm - ty97 Sep 20, 07:28
  - well, those Irish are always drunk. - groiny Sep 20, 07:24 1
    - I assume my grandmother drank, but not sure I ever saw her do it. - ty97 Sep 20, 07:25
- You mean originally? -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 07:20 7
  - yeah, I have several relatives who go by Jack and they are John, and they are all in the South -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 07:22 6
    - Family of JFK called him Jack. He was from Mass. -- nm - Spawn Sep 20, 07:26 5
      - But Southern Mass. -- nm - Ender Sep 20, 07:35
      - I am not saying it is an absolute thing -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 07:29 3
        
        Wheer I was going is that it is an Irish thing, not a southern thing. - Spawn Sep 20, 07:30 2
        
        valid, and we are part Irish and part English, so there you go. -- nm - groiny Sep 20, 08:05
        
        More an English thing - think about English nursery rhymes and fairy tales - half the characters are named Jack - Roger More Sep 20, 07:32

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