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If a kid you know is named John but they call him Jack why do they call him a completely different name?
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∙ 13y ago
I have no idea! Certain names have their own nicknames. Jack is the nickname for John, Betty for Elizabeth, Peggy or Maggie for Margaret, Jim for James, Bob for Robert. That is just the way it is.
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