wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
?? 1/2/2011 8:23:46 PM |
NCSUGimp All American 24387 Posts user info edit post |
because, that's just how shit works
now shut up 1/2/2011 8:24:33 PM |
raiden All American 10504 Posts user info edit post |
Why is jack a nickname for john? 1/2/2011 8:24:37 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
ive always wondered the same thing about bob for robert.
and dick for richard.... 1/2/2011 8:24:38 PM |
CharlieEFH All American 21806 Posts user info edit post |
Why is Jack a nickname for John?
??
[Edited on January 2, 2011 at 8:25 PM. Reason : ^^] 1/2/2011 8:24:52 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Why is Bill a nickname for William? 1/2/2011 8:26:36 PM |
Tarun almost 11687 Posts user info edit post |
message_topic.aspx?topic=607097 1/2/2011 8:27:26 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080105223027AAKsgSy
??????? 1/2/2011 8:27:51 PM |
FykalJpn All American 17209 Posts user info edit post |
because diego is too many syllables 1/2/2011 8:28:30 PM |
Skwinkle burritotomyface 19447 Posts user info edit post |
I have never heard of someone named James going by Jim. 1/2/2011 8:31:12 PM |
CharlieEFH All American 21806 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on January 2, 2011 at 8:35 PM. Reason : c]
1/2/2011 8:31:55 PM |
vinylbandit All American 48079 Posts user info edit post |
^^ What?
Anyway, because "Jam" is not a good name. 1/2/2011 8:43:37 PM |
yuffie_chan All American 4898 Posts user info edit post |
same reason Chuck is a nickname for Charles. 1/2/2011 8:44:04 PM |
KE4ZNR All American 2695 Posts user info edit post |
white guilt 1/2/2011 8:46:55 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I have never heard of someone named James going by Jim. " |
1/2/2011 8:49:10 PM |
AlaskanGrown I'm Randy 4693 Posts user info edit post |
And Randy for Randall???? Why Mom Why! 1/2/2011 8:51:54 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "and dick for richard" |
1/2/2011 8:52:31 PM |
sumfoo1 soup du hier 41043 Posts user info edit post |
my name is william james this thread is relevant to my interests. 1/2/2011 8:54:01 PM |
AlaskanGrown I'm Randy 4693 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "my name is william james bill jim this thread is relevant to my interests." |
1/2/2011 8:58:08 PM |
yuffie_chan All American 4898 Posts user info edit post |
Billy Jim flows more nicely. 1/2/2011 8:58:47 PM |
sawahash All American 35321 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
1/2/2011 9:41:49 PM |
hondaguy All American 6409 Posts user info edit post |
^^so he's Jack Bob? 1/2/2011 9:55:44 PM |
jtw208 5290 Posts user info edit post |
Jim... James....
Jimothy....
1/2/2011 10:48:13 PM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
why is meg a nickname for margaret ? 1/2/2011 11:21:54 PM |
wolfpackgrrr All American 39759 Posts user info edit post |
I had a friend name Catherine that went by the nickname Kitty. Never really understood that one. 1/3/2011 9:17:59 AM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
CalledToArms All American 22025 Posts user info edit post |
^^
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 |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
Why is PEGGY a nickname for MARGARET? 1/3/2011 10:23:18 AM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Rat Soup All American 7669 Posts user info edit post |
The singer for my morning jacket had his name legally changed to jim james 1/3/2011 2:12:33 PM |
dweedle All American 77386 Posts user info edit post |
James B Hunt, Jr
a.k.a. Jim Hunt
1/3/2011 3:17:24 PM |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
yuffie_chan All American 4898 Posts user info edit post |
^ lol.
Sissy is a nickname for Melissa... Not sure why anyone would prefer that. 1/3/2011 3:39:20 PM |
BoondockSt All American 2354 Posts user info edit post |
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 |
Mr. Joshua Swimfanfan 43948 Posts user info edit post |
1/3/2011 3:53:27 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
a sophomore in HS? damn.
1/3/2011 4:02:55 PM |
jbtilley All American 12796 Posts user info edit post |
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061209023301AAWzmUp 1/3/2011 4:14:41 PM |
GrumpyGOP yovo yovo bonsoir 18166 Posts user info edit post |
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 |