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In response to "So explain to me. Why is 'Jack' a nickname for 'John'? -- nm" by ty97

I think it is a Southern thing. -- nm

Posted by groiny (aka groiny) Sep 20 '17, 07:19

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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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