The Cosmic Right (1 Viewer)

[therealjohnny]

Yeah, Buffy's short for Tom.

Ah that explains Buffalo Tom . So (Buffy)Buffalo Tom = Tom Tom.

I think I've cracked it.

 

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i've never heard the name buffy used anywhere except telly.
only realised a few years ago that barry is short for finbar; or it started out that way anyway.

Barry is short for Barold.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Jack is short for John - another odd one. A former colleague has two sons called Sean and Jack. I said "Oh that's the same name," and he got real mad because "Everybody says that and they're clearly different names." I agreed of course but also thought "He's mad because deep down he knows it's true and is mad at himself." heh heh

the jack/john thing has an interesting twist in irish families, where all eldest sons would have been called John formally, but would have alternated Jack and John in familiar use. ie Grandad = John, Father = Jack, Grandson = John

 

[ann post]

Is this why some countries call the the Jacks the John?

 

[snakybus]

That's always been my assumption. In at least one Shakespeare play it was referred to the jakes, so I take it that Jake is another alternative, which would make sense - Jacques, Jacov, Jacob etc - and "the John" is meant to be a funny take on that.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

Is this why some countries call the the Jacks the John?

only if there are two jacks side by side...

(I love how this thread has veered radically off course)

 

[Lili Marlene]

only if there are two jacks side by side...

(I love how this thread has veered radically off course)

au contraire,

Qanon people are very into their Jack and John Kennedys.

 

[JohnnyRaz]

au contraire,

Qanon people are very into their Jack and John Kennedys.

Only lizard people carry both forms of the name simultaneously- it’s a dead giveaway

 

[GO]

Lads I've been humming a little tune about jfk jnr all day... will I get cancelled if I released it

 

[sleepy]

Lads I've been humming a little tune about jfk jnr all day... will I get cancelled if I released it

Maybe by qanon people. So that’s be ok

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Only lizard people carry both forms of the name simultaneously- it’s a dead giveaway

Like me? My first name is John and my initials spell Jack.

 

[ernesto]

My (now dead) aunt Peg was really called Margaret. Mrs. egg_'s (alive) aunt Nancy is really called Ann

¯\_(ツ)_/¯​

My paternal grandmother goes by 'Nancy' but her birth cert says 'Ann'. Common enough I'd say

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Do people still call their kids John or Mary? I never notice it any more. I have two uncle johns and two aunt Marys and lots of cousins also called John and Mary. I myself am a John but known generally by one of its variants.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

I myself am a John

Oh?

 

[egg_]

There was a Mary in my 16 year old's primary school class

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

My father says there was a boy called Mary in his class in school

 

[JohnnyRaz]

My father says there was a boy called Mary in his class in school

In the Marian year in the 50s lots of boys ended up with Mary as a second name - two of my uncles - Michael Mary and dinny Mary

 

[sleepy]

Do people still call their kids John or Mary? I never notice it any more. I have two uncle johns and two aunt Marys and lots of cousins also called John and Mary. I myself am a John but known generally by one of its variants.

I have a 4 year old nephew called John, so yeah it still happens

 

[ann post]

Gabriel Mary "Gay" Byrne (5 August 1934 – 4 November 2019) was an Irish presenter and host of radio and television.

Also the thing too that in the old Irish naming system you'd have gender crosses.

 

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In the Marian year in the 50s lots of boys ended up with Mary as a second name - two of my uncles - Michael Mary and dinny Mary

Lad from Compulsion (Jackknife Lee's of band) was called Josephmary.