03 Sep 09
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Originally posted by leestaticI'm kinda doubting the man had a middle name to begin with.
Whats the H stand for? I'm thinking Herbert ..though I'm probably wrong.
You'd have to ask the wise guy who first said it, and since I don't have a clue who that was, I have no clue what the H stands for, either.
Edit: Even Cecil Adams doesn't know:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/30/why-do-folks-say-jesus-h-christ
04 Sep 09
Originally posted by SuzianneThis response was me in a "duhhhhh" moment.
I'm kinda doubting the man had a middle name to begin with.
You'd have to ask the wise guy who first said it, and since I don't have a clue who that was, I have no clue what the H stands for, either.
Edit: Even Cecil Adams doesn't know:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/30/why-do-folks-say-jesus-h-christ
The obvious answer is that no, H. is not his "middle initial", since "Christ" is not his "last name".
Christ is a title, coming from the Greek, meaning "anointed". It means the same thing as Messiah, which comes from Hebrew and Arabic, meaning "anointed".
What I find interesting is that, supposedly, "Jesus H. Christ" was old even in 1850, according to Mark Twain.
04 Sep 09
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Originally posted by Suziannegoogle or wikepedia?
This response was me in a "duhhhhh" moment.
The obvious answer is that no, H. is not his "middle initial", since "Christ" is not his "last name".
Christ is a title, coming from the Greek, meaning "anointed". It means the same thing as Messiah, which comes from Hebrew and Arabic, meaning "anointed".
What I find interesting is that, supposedly, "Jesus H. Christ" was old even in 1850, according to Mark Twain.
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