Why and how is "Jack" a nickname for "John"?!
Question: They are both one-syllable...how can you get any shorter than that?!!! =)
Answers: They are both one-syllable...how can you get any shorter than that?!!! =)
"Jack" is really the nickname for "John", because it comes from the French Name "Jaques",
which is the same name as "John" in English.
http://www.wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_jac...
why is "bob" a nickname for people named "robert"?
I didnt know it was...Im still trying to figure out how they get "Dick" from Richard!
i have no clue thats weird
Making none to where when what no yes and me pin can faking normal people house out air?
Jackie is a nickname
and Jonny is a nickname
for jack and john! (;
It's for what they meant. John meant a john as in a worker for someone of higher class while Jack means pretty much almost the same thing.
I don't know, I didn't even know it was untill I saw The Importance of Bing Earnest...
not sure if this is right but it could have been started and gained popularity when John F kennedy got the nickname jack because his wifes name was jackie. JFK was very influential and very popular infact was the closest thing to royalty the United States has ever had so maybe people began to call johns jack because of him
One of the great questions of the universe. That's just how I was introduced first.
Who is your source?
you may have been april fooled!
I am clueless
I wondered about that myself, but it`s been around for a long time.