Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 10:06:46 -0800

From: Peter McGraw pmcgraw[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CALVIN.LINFIELD.EDU

Subject: Re: jakes



On Thu, 16 Feb 1995, Leo Horishny wrote:



I don't have any citations, but I would be willing to imagine jakes started

out as another slang

reference to John.



Isn't Jake a nickname for John? or is it a nickname for James?



For that matter, if the term john is younger than jakes, then this whole baby

is out with the privy water ;-)







leo_horishny[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pol.com

Rowrbazzle!



I assume Jake is a nickname for James rather than John, since, for

example, churches named Sankt Jakob in German, Sv. Jakub in Czech, etc.,

translate to St. James in English.



Peter McGraw