2007-10-08 23:57:17 · 9 answers · asked by hellboysapien 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Yes. It's the reason you sometimes hear people refer to "Jack Kennedy" or "John Kennedy'. Jack is the nickname for John, just as Bob is the nickname for Robert.
2007-10-09 00:12:01 · answer #1 · answered by LaVere B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know, I've always wondered that too. I have a long name, so I have a short nickname, but you can't really shorten John by calling the guy Jack. I've heard that a lot and it confuses me. I used to work with a guy named John who people called Jack. He introduced himself as John, so when people started referring to "Jack", I had no idea who they were talking about.
2007-10-09 07:08:14 · answer #2 · answered by Kitten S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can have any nickname you want. If you don't like being called John, tell people to call you Jack.
2007-10-09 06:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by Bud B 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's a nickname, my grandfather was always known as Jack, probably because his first names were John Thomas, BTW he had 11 children, so maybe there was something in it.
2007-10-09 12:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by David H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. My grandfather's name was John but he was known as Jack and my father was also John and my son was Jonathan. So it was easy to differentiate between the three of them.
2007-10-09 10:55:08 · answer #5 · answered by Dory 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tha is a mystery to me also. John and Jack just doesn't seem to equate.
2007-10-09 06:59:46 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
'Jack' was or maybe still is, the usual nickname for a boy called 'John' - just as Margaret often became Peg.
2007-10-09 06:59:51 · answer #7 · answered by mad 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, my dad's name was john but he was always called jack
2007-10-09 07:04:42 · answer #8 · answered by ells 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Duh. Because John is the name Jack is the nickname for?
2007-10-09 07:06:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋