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What would the real name of someone called 'Jock'
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Hilary | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:11 |
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Only a quick question - thanks everyone............... |
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Linda G | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:13 |
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Normally someone called Jock came from Scotland. Like a Welshman might be called Taffy. Linda |
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Hilary | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:14 |
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I know that but I have a choice of 2 births - Walter or John and don't know which one became known as Jock. |
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Linda G | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:16 |
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No answer to that Hillary. My Dads friends name was William and they called him Jock simply because he came from Scotland. Linda |
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Hilary | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:18 |
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They were brothers who were born and lived all their lives in Scotland, so it wasn't a case of an English nickname. |
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Unknown | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:19 |
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Grandad was known as Jock and his name was Henry. As Hilary says, could be either! Lou |
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Ciara | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:20 |
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My grandparents were from Northumberland and they were called Jocks! |
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Debbie | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:27 |
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My boyfriends ex boss is called Jock, when we went to visit him in scotland he was interested in family history so I asked him his name, and I was so suprised when he said William. I think Jock is just Scottish. |
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Shaun | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:32 |
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Jock is the Scottish version of John, if they lived in Scotland all their days I would go for John . Shaun (in Scotland) |
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Dawn | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:43 |
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I've got ancestors from Scotland called John and all their life were known as Jock. Dawn |
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An Olde Crone | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:48 |
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My Scots Grandfather was a John but always called Jock. Marjorie |
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Ellen | Report | 18 Feb 2005 21:53 |
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Another Scot here, and yes, if its not a generic nickname just because he's Scottish, its definitely John. Regards Ellen. |
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MarionfromScotland | Report | 18 Feb 2005 23:37 |
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oche aye jock mckay, well something like that. |
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Unknown | Report | 18 Feb 2005 23:39 |
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Jock can mean any Scotsman as a nickname, but originally I believe it was used as a pet name for John, the Scots equivalent of Jack. nell |
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Katrina | Report | 18 Feb 2005 23:44 |
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Hi! Are you sure it is Jock and not a mistranslation of Jack. Lots of Johns are known as Jack, or it could be a variation on Jack and thus come from John. Katrina xx |
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MarionfromScotland | Report | 18 Feb 2005 23:55 |
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Jock/Joke and Jack are what some Scots John's are called. as far as I know. Marion |
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PennyDainty | Report | 18 Feb 2005 23:55 |
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My husband is John and family members call him Jock.....like everyone says common in Scotland for anyone called John Christine |
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lynnchalmers70 | Report | 19 Feb 2005 13:16 |
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hiliary, i'm looking at the official scots dictionary and i'll write what it quotes; JOCK; jock is a slang word or term of address for a scot. Many scots, however, find these usages offensive. personaly i have used this name when addressing peoples names; which are john |
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Peter | Report | 19 Feb 2005 13:49 |
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As the name Jock is normally picked up becuse they have worked in England or with Englishmen, did eather of them work for any time south of the boarder, Odds on it will be that one if they did. |
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