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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dick and Richard Jack and John Peggy and Margaret Chuck and Charles[/quote] For classic ones, yes, these always baffled me. ESPECIALLY John --> Jack! [/quote] I’ve never understood Jack for John or Harry for Henry. They’re not shorter, which is supposed to be the point of a nickname?[/quote] Harry is how many small children pronounce the name Henry. It's actually one of the more obvious nicknames (for those of us with small Henrys, or Henrys with younger siblings). A PP explained how the name Jack might have come about. Important to note also that in medieval times, it was very common for 2 kids in a family to have the same name, so nicknames were needed to distinguish them from one another. [/quote]
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