When you ask for a signature what do you say and why? I have heard both versions of it.
2007-12-13 13:35:19 · 4 answers · asked by gus_zalenski 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
The original version is John Hancock.
The story about the origin of the saying is that John Hancock deliberately signed his name on the Declaration of Independence extra-large so King George wouldn't need his spectacles to read it.
John Henry is a figure in a folk legend who was famous for his strength- along with his wife and kids. His final story was about how he challenged a machine to a contest with driving spikes into a mountain. And he won- but it killed him.
2007-12-13 13:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by Tigger 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
John Henry Signature
2016-11-08 06:30:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Is it John Henry or John Hancock?
When you ask for a signature what do you say and why? I have heard both versions of it.
2015-08-02 00:32:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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"John Henry" is an old cowboy term for your signature, apparently substituted for John Hancock, though no one knows when or why. In any case, it isn't related to the legendary John Henry of the railroads, since it predates that legend by decades.
2016-04-01 01:34:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Hancock.
When he signed the Declaration of Independence he did it very large, figuring that if they lost the war everyone whose name was on it would be killed so he may as well sign in a bold and defiant way.
2007-12-13 13:40:11 · answer #5 · answered by kiki 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
John Hancock is the one. He signed the declaration of independence.
2007-12-13 13:55:30 · answer #6 · answered by oldteacher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's John Hancock.. He was one of the first signers of our country's original documents. Re-study your history.
2007-12-13 14:09:17 · answer #7 · answered by dawnb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its your Johnny Hancock. :-)
2007-12-13 13:54:51 · answer #8 · answered by gospel_singing_pooh 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
jahn hancock he was one of the sighners of the declaration of independance..what are you learning in school?
2007-12-13 13:39:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋