Is it a nickname? How do you get Jack out of John?
2007-06-30 19:05:31 · 8 answers · asked by milkl_jaxon 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Because that was the affectionate nickname his family gave him.
2007-06-30 19:09:09 · answer #1 · answered by naniannie 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jack was just a nickname. I guess you get Jack out John, the same way you get Bill out of William. LOL
2007-07-01 02:28:08 · answer #2 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Everyone in his family called him by that nickname. When he was President, people liked the sound of Jack and Jackie.
2007-07-01 03:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by Letizia 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Jack has always been a name for people called John.
It's centuries old
http://www.babynamesworld.com/meaning_of_Jack.html
2007-07-01 02:15:42 · answer #4 · answered by ll_jenny_ll here AND I'M BAC 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Norma Jeane Mortenson was first who start calling him Jack.
Other just followed her...
2007-07-04 17:42:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
jack is a common nickname for johnathon.
2007-07-01 02:08:13 · answer #6 · answered by Sid 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
How do you get Peggy out of Margaret, or Dotty out of Dorothy, or Dick out of Richard, or Bill out of William, or Ted out of Theodore, or Chuck out of Charles, or Shelley out of Michelle, or Bob out of Robert, or Tony out of Anthony, or Ted out of Edward? They're nicknames, that's all. No deep dark secret here.
2007-07-01 02:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by Ice 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It is just one of those things and it isn't just an Americanism. It is used in several other countries.
2007-07-01 17:11:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋