USAGE: James/Jack (was: Judajca)

Roberto Suarez Soto scripsit:

>         - The christian apostol Santiago (James? Jack? I don't know how
>           you call him there) is buried in Galicia, in the city that is
>           named after him: Santiago de Compostela.
St. James.   The fact that English "Jack" is phonetically similar to
French "Jacques" is an accident; "Jack" is a hypocoristic form of "John".
Thus my cousin John Cowan is called Jack, at least within the family,
whereas I am always John.

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