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Hi Merriment,

Yes, it IS necessary to refer to the Frisian and Low German diminutives because that were the original forms brought to the Medieval England by Flemish wool weavers.

And I never said that J's are not pronounced like J's in the UK. I said that in _all the other languages_ I mentioned they are pronounced like Y!

Originally Jack had nothing to do with the French name Jacques, but later and still today Jack is often referred to be an English version of Jacques because of the similar sound. You will find that in many books even if most of the authors correctly mention that the connection was made up much later.

Regards, Satu

• the nickname Jack - Dan  Aug 4 2003, 2:48:00 PM
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  • Re: the nickname Jack - Maya  Aug 7 2003, 12:48:31 PM
  • Re: the nickname Jack - Satu  Aug 4 2003, 11:01:56 PM
    • The nickname Jack in the UK has absolutely no connection with Jacques... - La Merriment  Aug 5 2003, 2:48:20 AM
      • Re: The nickname Jack in the UK has absolutely no connection with Jacques... - Satu  Aug 5 2003, 11:44:32 AM
        • But it's still true that the nickname Jack in the UK has no etymological connection with Jacques... - Beaucoup de Merriment  Aug 6 2003, 2:43:22 AM
          • Yes, there is! - Satu  Aug 6 2003, 12:16:27 PM
            • There's no etymological connection - that's what I mean by name book error... - Merriment  Aug 7 2003, 3:53:32 AM
              • Re: There's no etymological connection - that's what I mean by name book error... - Nanaea  Aug 7 2003, 6:42:46 PM
                • Eheu! - Merriment McMerriment of the Clan Murraymint  Aug 8 2003, 3:28:22 AM
                  • Re: Eheu! - Nanaea  Aug 8 2003, 6:03:52 AM
  • Re: the nickname Jack - Maeve Celyn  Aug 4 2003, 7:42:04 PM
    • Ned... - My Merriment  Aug 5 2003, 2:51:24 AM
      • Re: Ned... - Anneza  Aug 5 2003, 4:35:58 AM