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[Facts] is Jack really a pet form of John?

by Jimmy (guest)

12/31/2000, 2:26 AM

is jack really a pet form of John? or is jack a pet form of anything?

- Lucy (guest) +1

12/31/2000, 7:02 AM

yup, as far as i know jack is a pet form of john.
Lucy :o)

- Daividh (guest)

12/31/2000, 7:27 AM

True enough, altho of late it's become a very popular first name for babies in the UK on its own.

It's also a Scottish Lowlands (no clan) surname, derived several centuries ago from the French "Jacques".

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