# Jonathan. J-O-N. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505 "2003-01-09T14:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/21 "2003-01-09T16:48:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*Bastard! > > See if I invite you to hear MP play my living room! She’s booked! \*\* I’ll enjoy that much more than being the ol’ lady at a bar to see her play. At least then I’ll be surrounded by old people, not just you and Dave and Chris. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/22 "2003-01-09T16:50:46Z")
There were other old people there. Management…janitors… And I think her bassist was older than all of us. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/23 "2003-01-09T17:09:29Z")
Last time someone other than my dad called my mom “baby,” Mom looked them dead in the eye and said, "What you can do right now is write in the space for my name, ‘The Bitch Who Will Ruin Your Day in Front of Your Boss Because You Will Get Your Boss Over Here Right Now.’ " Mom’s a pip sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/24 "2003-01-09T17:46:06Z")
_Can anybody spell… the nickname Jon? Can you tell me which way’s wrong? He leaves out all the h’s, But it seems the board, it don’t care. every one of them, spells it wrong…_ ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/25 "2003-01-09T18:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*I was addressing a comment to ‘John Corrado’. > > Thanks for playing. \*\* Jesus Christ, there’s too many MADs whose initials are ‘JC’! ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/26 "2003-01-09T18:11:05Z")
:Ginger checks the back yard for crucifixes: ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/27 "2003-01-09T18:20:09Z")
My name is Torgo, I drive a Yugo. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/28 "2003-01-09T18:46:25Z")
And while we’re on the subject… My son’s name is **Aaron**. Note the two A’s at the beginning of his name. It’s not Aron, or (God help us) Erin. Thank you. Robin ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/29 "2003-01-09T19:18:31Z")
It’s Robb - with 2 b’s. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/30 "2003-01-09T19:25:32Z")
Wow! My middle name is Aaron, and my brother’s name is Jonathan. We’re quite the mis-spelled family over here… ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/31 "2003-01-09T20:18:38Z")
It’s like we’re related, Soup. Dude! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2003, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/32 "2003-01-09T23:39:21Z")
Fighter-Wisely (as an example) Not Biter-Wisest. Not Bitter-Wisell. Bitter is not my middle name nor my first name. No, I don’t care what the automaton told you. S/he was reading off a form and, when s/he saw hyphen, thought comma. If you call me Biter, I may well live up to it. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/33 "2003-01-10T00:46:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dinsdale \* > \*\*It’s Robb - with 2 b’s. \*\* You sucked on Survivor… ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/34 "2003-01-10T01:02:56Z")
I feel your pain, Jon. My first name is Melorie, and for some crazy reason, every schmuck I run into thinks I’ve somehow managed to botch my own name. “Oh, what was that?” they ask. “Melanie? Mallory?” No, assholes… _Melorie_. Melorie. Grrr. These days I just tell folks to call me Mel. Makes things easier. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/35 "2003-01-10T01:29:51Z")
I went to school with a “J-O-N.” Are you him? We saw “Herbie Goes Banannas” at the Elco theater. Remember? ---
**Author:** ![Jonno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jonno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonno)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/36 "2003-01-10T02:11:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*My handle. > > It’s ‘Jonathan Chance’. > > Not ‘John’. Not ‘Johnathan’. > > Not, God he’p me, "Johnhathan’. > > J-O-N-A-T-H-A-N. > > Thanks. \*\* Testify! My god given name. It’s ‘Jonathan’. Not ‘John’. Or ‘Jon’. Not ‘Johnny’ or Jonny’ J-O-N-A-T-H-A-N. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/37 "2003-01-10T02:19:36Z")
The “J” is for Jonathan. Note spelling. It’s the same damn way everyone I’ve ever met named Jonathan spells it, save one individual–a musician friend of mine from back home named Michael Johnathon. (It’s his last name. I tell him it’s “exactly wrong”.) Oh, and it is Jonathan, by the way, not Jon. I feel so petty for letting that one bug me, but it does, dammit. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/38 "2003-01-10T02:20:09Z")
I always thought you were Johnny, Johnny Chance, hu-ah, say it, yeah. Oooooooooh, maamaa! [/Johnny Bravo] ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/39 "2003-01-10T02:21:14Z")
AHA ! Thank you, **Jon.** Hi, I’m Cathy. That’s **Cathy**! Not Kathy, or Kathie, or Katherine, or Catherine, or Katy or any one of another thousand combinations. It’s just Cathy. Thank you. I’m not even going to bother with my surname. I’ve given up. ---
**Author:** ![fiztig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@fiztig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiztig)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505/40 "2003-01-10T02:37:26Z")
At least you know how to spell your name Jonathan. I have a friend who recently married a Micheal. The poor sod has had to live with his parents’ idiocy for 35 years because they couldn’t spell Michael correctly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonathan-j-o-n/147505.md?page=3)