Because Jon is short for Jonathan, my plum. Jon might be but Jonathan doesn't shorten to 'Jack', (being a name with a different root and eytmology) and John does. So Jack is John, written Jno...
Yeah, makes no sense to me either, but that's the English language for you!
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Date: 2012-10-25 09:16 pm (UTC)Jon might be but Jonathan doesn't shorten to 'Jack', (being a name with a different root and eytmology) and John does. So Jack is John, written Jno...
Yeah, makes no sense to me either, but that's the English language for you!