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HelpI've seen many suggest Jackson for Jack (rant)
in reply to a message by space cadet
So that "he will have a formal name to fall back upon". I'm sure that many parents actually think that Jack is a nn for Jackson. B/c "how do you get Jack out of John", they say. Don't people know any history? Have they not heard of president John F. Kennedy, aka Jack?
Seems to me that many people have very rigid rules of what a nn is. It *must* be a short form of the formal name (like Sam for Samuel or Samantha).
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Seems to me that many people have very rigid rules of what a nn is. It *must* be a short form of the formal name (like Sam for Samuel or Samantha).
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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