2007-01-17 06:53:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Using the name of "Jesus Christ" as an oath has been common for many centuries, but the precise origins of the letter H in the expression Jesus H. Christ are obscure. While many explanations have been proposed, some serious and many humorous, the most widely accepted derivation is from the divine monogram of Christian symbolism. The symbol, derived from the first three letters of the Greek name of Jesus, is transliterated "IHS," "IHC," "JHS," or "JHC." Since the transliteration "IHS" gave rise to the backronym Iesus Hominum Salvator (Latin for "Jesus savior of men"), it is plausible that "JHC" similarly led to "Jesus H. Christ".
One factor in the transmutation of the monogram into the expression Jesus H. Christ may be that when the first syllable of the phrase "Jesus Christ" is strongly emphasised (as some speakers of some English accents may do when cursing), the rhythm suggests a missing middle syllable between "Jesus" and "Christ". The H may have been adopted from the monogram to fill this gap
2007-01-17 07:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jesus HORATIO Christ.
2007-01-17 14:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Haploid
2007-01-17 17:33:32 · answer #3 · answered by KaShae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoi POlloi
2007-01-17 14:57:30 · answer #4 · answered by Siamese Triplets 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hando
2007-01-17 14:58:09 · answer #5 · answered by Hando C 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Harvard.
2007-01-17 14:57:20 · answer #6 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Heffing Christ... or so that is what my Dad says...
2007-01-17 14:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by I am Crystal S. 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Helen
It's one of those secrets that the Catholic Church doesn't want you to know. It'll probably be in Dan Brown's next book.
2007-01-17 15:06:05 · answer #8 · answered by rawson_wayne 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've never even heard of that before
2007-01-17 17:23:58 · answer #9 · answered by Me, again 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
holy
2007-01-17 14:56:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋