@andrewcgrant: Replying to @adagio240 There are multiple explanations for why #Jack is a #nickname for #John but I'm choosing to believe the funny one. This was a really fun rabbit hole to go down and it's another example of how an #etymology can be interesting but not all that useful. #linguistics

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jackmuno
Jack Muno :
Thanks (on behalf of both my son, John, and me).
2026-04-21 04:51:16
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sheck3
SHECK :
can you explain all the names stemming from William? I was even told it "translates" to Guillermo in spanish
2025-10-21 04:23:51
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snaquilleoatmeal
Douglas Barrera273 :
Always thought Jon was short for Jonathan but that’s another post
2025-10-21 17:17:40
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lagadoist
John Lagado :
So John, John-kin, diminutive John? Little John? Jenkins? Jack. I'm a John so this is something I've sometimes wondered about. This was more common when I was a little kid (I was born the year Jack Kennedy got his brains blown out)
2025-10-20 23:23:55
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nanabahisenough
Nanabahisenough :
But Jack also has other meanings, not sure how they are related. Jack of all trades. A knave is a Jack. Weave them together for me, magic man. 😉
2025-10-21 05:22:14
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ar91280
Athanatos🇨🇦 :
what about Ivan. why is it also John
2025-10-20 17:40:24
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meoka2368
Phil 🇨🇦 :
🎶John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt🎶
2025-10-20 23:45:14
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lawtonaaj
Lawton Adams :
james and john are also interchangeable so thats works 2
2025-10-21 16:54:51
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allanmc64
Allan McElroy 🇨🇦 :
My in-laws were Scots. Everyone was Jack.
2025-10-20 19:24:19
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adagio240
Adagio :
That is definitely nowhere near what I would have expected!
2025-10-21 04:29:00
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oakley.and.willow
Oakley and Willow :
The main reason I knew that Harry and Henry are the same is Harry Potter fanfic authors sometimes make Henry his legal name instead. Because I guess Harry just isnt a magic enough name 😂
2025-10-21 02:02:19
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singular.jame
singular.jame :
Names being nativized into other languages was a ridiculous thing that I'm glad we stopped doing. Why do we have James, Jacob, Jacques, Seamus, Hamish, Diego, and Giacomo, when they're all the same name? Why the hell do we call the explorer John Cabot when his name was Giovanni Caboto‽
2025-10-21 01:54:16
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oafgeek
oafgeek :
So we get Hank from jankin as well right, so Hank Harry John and Jack are all basically the same
2025-10-21 01:54:26
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mnevula_
nev :
in the stripped club. straight up "jankin it".
2025-10-21 02:45:38
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