??

1/2/2011 8:23:46 PM

because, that's just how shit works

now shut up

1/2/2011 8:24:33 PM

Why is jack a nickname for john?

1/2/2011 8:24:37 PM

ive always wondered the same thing about bob for robert.

and dick for richard....

1/2/2011 8:24:38 PM

Why is Jack a nickname for John?

??

[Edited on January 2, 2011 at 8:25 PM. Reason : ^^]

1/2/2011 8:24:52 PM

Why is Bill a nickname for William?

1/2/2011 8:26:36 PM

message_topic.aspx?topic=607097

1/2/2011 8:27:26 PM

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080105223027AAKsgSy





???????

1/2/2011 8:27:51 PM

because diego is too many syllables

1/2/2011 8:28:30 PM

I have never heard of someone named James going by Jim.

1/2/2011 8:31:12 PM

[Edited on January 2, 2011 at 8:35 PM. Reason : c]

1/2/2011 8:31:55 PM

^^ What?

Anyway, because "Jam" is not a good name.

1/2/2011 8:43:37 PM

same reason Chuck is a nickname for Charles.

1/2/2011 8:44:04 PM

white guilt

1/2/2011 8:46:55 PM

Quote :

"I have never heard of someone named James going by Jim. "

1/2/2011 8:49:10 PM

And Randy for Randall???? Why Mom Why!

1/2/2011 8:51:54 PM

Quote :

"and dick for richard"

1/2/2011 8:52:31 PM

my name is william james this thread is relevant to my interests.

1/2/2011 8:54:01 PM

Quote :

"my name is william james bill jim this thread is relevant to my interests."

1/2/2011 8:58:08 PM

Billy Jim flows more nicely.

1/2/2011 8:58:47 PM

My grandfather's name is Lawrence Robert...we call him Bob.

My Dad wanted to name my youngest brother William Robert. My mom said they would do if as long as he promised to never call him Billy Bob. My Dad took a sip of beer, set the can down, looked at my mom and said, "We will name him John Robert."

1/2/2011 9:10:06 PM

1/2/2011 9:41:49 PM

^^so he's Jack Bob?

1/2/2011 9:55:44 PM

Jim... James....

Jimothy....

1/2/2011 10:48:13 PM

why is meg a nickname for margaret ?

1/2/2011 11:21:54 PM

I had a friend name Catherine that went by the nickname Kitty. Never really understood that one.

1/3/2011 9:17:59 AM

most nicknames that are derivatives from other names don't make obvious sense.

the ones that do are more of a novelty than the rest.

1/3/2011 9:28:03 AM

^^

Quote :

"I had a friend name Catherine that went by the nickname Kitty. Never really understood that one."

I believe that is coming from "Cat" being a nickname for Catherine. My wife is named Catherine and hates "Cathy." If I shorten her name at all I call her Cat or Cath but she does have a girl at work that calls her "Kitty Cat." I would guess that's how someone named Catherine would end up going by "Kitty"

1/3/2011 9:35:32 AM

Why is PEGGY a nickname for MARGARET?

1/3/2011 10:23:18 AM

My grandfathter's name is Robert. He goes by Bob, except for people who have known him since childhood, they call him Bill. Because his mom called him Billy.

WTF







[Edited on January 3, 2011 at 1:48 PM. Reason : no, his middle name is not Bill or William.]

1/3/2011 1:47:25 PM

The singer for my morning jacket had his name legally changed to jim james

1/3/2011 2:12:33 PM

James B Hunt, Jr

a.k.a. Jim Hunt

1/3/2011 3:17:24 PM

My birth name is 'James' but somehow I got the nickname "Douchebag".

I'm still not sure how you get one from the other.

1/3/2011 3:28:07 PM

^ lol.

Sissy is a nickname for Melissa... Not sure why anyone would prefer that.

1/3/2011 3:39:20 PM

Quote :

"and dick for richard"

I, too, have always wondered about that one.

This reminds me of my sophomore year in hs...a new guy transferred into our class, and as the teacher was calling out the roll on the first day of class, he spoke up (his name was James or something like that) and asked that we all call him Ferris.

The teacher asked why that name, and in the back of my mind I begged him not to say 'because of the movie' for his own sake. Almost immediately, he was like 'because I love the movie'...I think the entire class gave him a facepalm at once.

1/3/2011 3:43:39 PM

1/3/2011 3:53:27 PM

a sophomore in HS? damn.


           

1/3/2011 4:02:55 PM

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061209023301AAWzmUp

1/3/2011 4:14:41 PM

Ahaha, I remember Ferris. I thought that was his real name for pretty much all four years of high school.

1/3/2011 4:23:17 PM