Why is Jack a nickname for John?
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Jack is a nickname for John because toilet was taken.
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"What does 'JJ' stand for?"
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Well, you have to remember their face, and repeat in your head the name they just told you, not just brush it off like they were talking about the weather or something.\n\n"Hello, my name is John." Just picture his face and think, John, John, John and then maybe something about him that makes his name stick to his face.
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The origins of this symbol are unknown, but several theories have been proposed. According to one theory, in its original form, the jackass was born in the intense mudslinging that occurred during the presidential race of 1828 as a play on the name of Andrew Jackson, the Democratic candidate. Jackson had been called "Andrew Jackass," and the defiant Jackson adopted the nickname.\n\nOn January 19, 1870, a political cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly titled "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" revived the donkey as a symbol for the Democratic Party (the symbol had also been used in the 1830s). Cartoonists followed Nast and used the donkey to represent the Democrats, and the elephant to represent the Republicans.
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Tell Johnny, Why? Because I think that name is cool - like Johnny Cash
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His real name was Joshua or Yeshua. That's what all the people who knew him probably would have called him. But when the various writers of the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) decided to write about him, they wrote in what was the most internatiionally used language in their region in those days (Greek) so that as many people as possible would be able to understand their "Good News". So in their writing they translated his name to the nearest Greek equivalent (Jesus).  The way his name is rendered into a langauge is not important. The meaning of his name (Savior) is.
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Jehovah isn't his name it is a title.     \n\n It is called the unspeakable name, because God told them not to take his name in vain.  This is because the name of God has power.    Since it is so powerful to speak it  nonchalantly causes a "waste" of the power of his name.   The people back in Moses' day were so scared of taking that name in vain, the never spoke it.   They called him Jehovah, or the God.   The would not even write it.  If they felt it necessary to write it they left out letters.   \n\nPeople too freely speak the name of Christ now days (myself included.)   We should hold it more sovereign than we do.   There is power in the name of Christ.
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The celebrity magazines often create nicknames for celebrities in order to create a sense of intimacy. Psychologically, if you know her by a nickname, you'll feel like you really know her and become more interested in her life. It can also be used derogatorally, such as calling Michael Jackson "Wacko Jacko".\n\nMadge is indeed usually a nickname for Margaret. It's used more commonly in England, so this may be an allusion to the fact that she is married to an English man and lives in London.\n\nBTW, her Kabbalah name is Esther. Esther was a Hebrew woman who married the king of Babylon (I think that was the country) and saved her people. She is the only woman to have a book in the Bible named after her.
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Interesting.. i dont know.  But if Jack is dead who is going to save the world?
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Jack is a nickname of John.  It's that simple.  Nothing mysterious here.
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Jackeen is a mildly pejorative term for someone from Dublin, Ireland. The most likely origin of the word comes from the personification of England, John Bull. Due to its proximity and long historical ties to Britain, Irish people outside of the Pale thought that Dubliners wanted to be English. John Bull became Jack Bull and, using the Irish suffix -ín meaning small, Jack became Jackeen. Therefore, Jackeen literally means Little Jack.\n\nAnother source of the term stems from Dublins close ties to Britain in the late 18th and early 19th century. During the state visit of Queen Victoria to Dublin in 1900, the Union Flag or "Union Jack" was flown by enthusiastic Dubliners leading to native dubliners being known as Jackeens by the rest of the Irish population.\n\nToday, Jackeen is often used to describe Dublin GAA players and supporters. The term is also shorten back to Jack or the plural Jacks.
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Maybe...there was a guy NAMED "Jack" who used them to exercise, and he was in such good shape that they made them into an exercise routine and named them after him.
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In many cases last names derived from what people did for a living. Imagine a village where several men named "John" live. In conversation, you might distinguish between one John and all the others by saying "John The Blacksmith", or "John The Baker". Eventually, human nature being what it is, people would drop the "The", and you'd be left with "John Blacksmith" and "John Baker".\n\nAnother way last names came into being was as a method of indicating lineage or parentage. "John MacDonald", in Scotland, used to literally mean "John, son of Donald."
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i think its spelled john madden. lol
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Johnny Owen's thin, wiry, almost skeletal frame led to him being called 'The Matchstick Man'. He was also referred to as 'The Bionic Bantam' due to his dedication to training and his relentless pursuit of opponents. 'The Bionic Skeleton' was also another nickname which described both his skeletal frame and astonishing stamina.
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john, cant go wrong with john
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I've always wondered that too!!\nHow do you get Dick from Richard? How do you get Jack from John? etc.,etc.,etc.