Social What is the difference with John and Jon

[Your Account]

What's the point to have those two names written differently ?

 

[TardStrong]

John is a full name

Jon is short for Jonathan

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Jon is the backwards baseball cap wearing, 4 loco drinking, weed smoking version of John

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Jon is for Stewart’s while John is for Stuart’s

 

[LEWIS540]

As a Richard I get Rick, Ricky, Rich, Richie, Dick and Dickie.

……mainly Dick, must be said.

 

[Wrath of Foamy]

One has an h in it.

 

[nonoob]

Before the "E double toothpicks" is my take on it.

Or, Jon is short for Jonathan, and John is, um, just John.

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[Milgrim]

I knew a guy who went by Jhon. We had to part ways.

 

[AFanNotAFighter]

John is a prostitute's customer as well as slang for bathroom.
Jon is neither and therefore the preferable name.

 

[HereticBD]

I'm still confused as to how "Richard" somehow turns into "Dick". One mystery at a time.

 

[Your Account]

I knew a guy who went by Jhon. We had to part ways.

 

[LEWIS540]

I'm still confused as to how "Richard" somehow turns into "Dick". One mystery at a time.

In my case it’s usually a hard day and 6 beers.

 

[tomjones]

American spelling is different for some Irish surnames.

Examples:

(USA) Roache --- Roche (Ireland)
(USA) Kavanaugh ‐-- Kavanagh (Ireland)

 

[LEWIS540]

American spelling is different for some Irish surnames.

Examples:

(USA) Roache --- Roche (Ireland)
(USA) Kavanaugh ‐-- Kavanagh (Ireland)

Pretty sure they are not the actual original, Irish spellings, even then. More the English-Irish spelling.

 

[TeTe]

I knew a guy who went by Jhon.

Ignorance

A regular Thom who expects to be called Tom


Even more odd is

Erik
Eric
Erich
Erick

 

[gspieler]

John drives an F-150, drinks Miler Lite, and will fix your leaky faucet. Jon has a man-bun, only drinks craft beers, and hangs out at coffee houses.

 

[AristotleAmadopolis]

Jon is the backwards baseball cap wearing, 4 loco drinking, weed smoking version of John

original 4 loco or the pussy version they made after people were going loco?

 

[Versez]

John is a full name

Jon is short for Jonathan

Exactly sherbro. Thanks for educating your fellow sherbros

 

[tomjones]

Pretty sure they are not the actual original, Irish spellings, even then. More the English-Irish spelling.

No that's how we spell these surnames in Ireland. Obviously they're a product of the anglicisation of Irish language.

 

[emefer]

John is a full name

Jon is short for Jonathan

Wrong