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many of you pies fans oput there as Jack Anthony.
He likes to reffer to himself as THE JACK ATTACK.
sirlothie
6 Jul 2008, 19:29
The Mediator. :D
darrenzahra
6 Jul 2008, 19:31
What is anthony's real name john or jack?
What is anthony's real name john or jack?
John
darrenzahra
6 Jul 2008, 19:58
then how come people call him jack?
then how come people call him jack?
Learn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(name)
This is what I said in another thread about it.
His real name is John but Jack is a common nickname of John. It's only really in the last 20 years that it's become a proper first name, usually everyone called Jack is actually a John/Jonathan.
Some players have preferred to use their nicknames.
Look at Jimmy Bartel who changed from James Bartel.
I think Martin Clarke is Marty Clarke according to official guides.
I think in his first year Harry was listed as Heritier O'Brien, but then he changed it to Harry, and now it's back to Heritier.
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Learn. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(name)
This is what I said in another thread about it.
Jabso, are you a teacher or similar.
jabso, Are You A Teacher Or Similar.
I Just So Smrat!
Seriously though it's just something I've always known and I'm surprised to see so many confused as to why he's called Jack. My grandfather was John but always known as Jack. And through my life most of the people that I've known or heard of called Jack are actually a John. Like I said it's only recently (in the last 15 years really) that people actually are named Jack.
MacTruck
6 Jul 2008, 20:23
my old man loves to call him spiv, its from JA's days on the sidelines standing around in the Collingwood issue suit, cracks me up every time.
from wikipedia
"Spiv is a British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) word for a particular kind of petty criminal, who deals in stolen goods or fraudulent sales, especially a well-dressed man offering goods at bargain prices."
MagpieGirl_13
6 Jul 2008, 20:36
I simply call him Jack.
"Nice work Jack!!!" "Woooo hoooooo, on ya Jack!!!" etc. :p:D:thumbsu:
Snag Breac
6 Jul 2008, 21:00
Jabso's right - but then you knew that. :p "Jack" has been the diminutive of "John" for hundreds of years, but has only recently been used as a name in its own right.
Now just this morning HOMP (formerly Hell of Mill Park until ScottyD renamed her) commented - get this - that John Anthony looks like what she imagines Julius Caesar to have looked like.:confused::p Don't laugh Opti - she did history at La Trobe and loves her old Romans.
And I can see what she means. JA has a very distinctive, powerful face. A face like a weapon. Yon Anthony has a lean and hungry look, to paraphrase Shakespeare.
So then I sez to HOMP, "Aren't you just thinking of Mark Anthony (another character in Shakespeare' Julius Caesar) ?"
And then HOMP sez, "That's a good nick-name for a player who'll be taking plenty of marks - Mark Anthony."
But I prefer The Jack Attack.:D
so its settle he shal be known as the Jack attack
Lupton Warchild Pittman
6 Jul 2008, 21:08
Jack Tony.
MagpieGirl_13
6 Jul 2008, 21:11
In the words of my sister "He has really nice skin...."
(sorry that was random, but possibly important....:p)
TRAVCLOKE#32
6 Jul 2008, 21:16
i call him JA haha, simple but effective
frantelle
6 Jul 2008, 21:18
flapjack
Snag Breac
6 Jul 2008, 21:24
In the words of my sister "He has really nice skin...."
(sorry that was random, but possibly important....:p)
That's critical Mags. Grace Darling saw Brent MacCaffer at the Lexus Centre and said he had a lovely complexion. It matters because then you now you've got really a healthy player.:thumbsu: With a good blood supply. :D
Snag Breac
6 Jul 2008, 22:53
The Jack.
No. That won't go down well if he ever plays in the International Series. The Jacks = the toilet in Dublin.:p
Angelus512
6 Jul 2008, 22:58
Mark Anthony sounds like a porn star. Come to think of it Jack/John Anthony does too ROFL
Any name that includes a last name that sounds like a first name is pornstar status :-)
Snag Breac
6 Jul 2008, 23:08
Mark Anthony sounds like a porn star. Come to think of it Jack/John Anthony does too ROFL
Any name that includes a last name that sounds like a first name is pornstar status :-)
I'm an innocent, angelic one. Shouldn't you be too?:confused:
Anyway, I'm beginning to warm to JA again.
I'm an innocent, angelic one. Shouldn't you be too?:confused:
Anyway, I'm beginning to warm to JA again.
I don't have a problem with JA, I've always been called that.
The Royal Sampler
7 Jul 2008, 01:03
Just "Jack" or "JA" from me. *shrugs*
sirlothie
7 Jul 2008, 05:36
That's critical Mags. Grace Darling saw Brent MacCaffer at the Lexus Centre and said he had a lovely complexion. It matters because then you now you've got really a healthy player.:thumbsu: With a good blood supply. :D
Wow... that went over my head first time I read it now it doesn't. :eek::D:rolleyes:
Pie eyed
7 Jul 2008, 22:25
The Jack.
I also believe "the Jack" is ye olde slang for various sexually transmitted diseases????
Could be a good thing or a bad thing for an oppo player to find out he is "getting the Jack" next week.
I can't see whats wrong with JA?
And can be the term of the police.
"..The jacks are coming" - Underbelly:D
Pie eyed
7 Jul 2008, 23:09
And can be the term of the police.
"..The jacks are coming" - Underbelly:D
We'd need two of him then....
RRRooocccaaa
8 Jul 2008, 00:12
We'd need two of him then....
Or John 'Jack' McCarthy!
Paddywackers
8 Jul 2008, 00:56
JAJH is a policemen right? I respect police because without them it would be anarchy and chaos but sorry JAJH not trying to offensive but nicknames are genereally derogatory and fun it's our culture for it to be that way...
What about Bacon?
Godfrey Jones
8 Jul 2008, 01:44
jackasourus
jack attack
jack rabbit
jackjackjacki
once you go jack you never go back
i like the last one lol i can see it catching on
Pie eyed
8 Jul 2008, 01:47
JAJH is a policemen right? I respect police because without them it would be anarchy and chaos but sorry JAJH not trying to offensive but nicknames are genereally derogatory and fun it's our culture for it to be that way...
What about Bacon?
Mate cops are people just like the rest of us...they have a sense of humour so I don't see it as a problem.
Bacon just doesn't have much of a ring to it.
Does he have to have a nickname which is some obscure reference to something only a half a dozen people will ever know?
Some nicknames make themselves up like Moneybags others don't.
Some blokes never even get one.
Jack
JA
Whats the diff?
If he does get a new nickname it will probably present itself out of either act or circumstance.
Godfrey Jones
8 Jul 2008, 01:50
Mate cops are people just like the rest of us...they have a sense of humour so I don't see it as a problem.
Bacon just doesn't have much of a ring to it.
Does he have to have a nickname which is some obscure reference to something only a half a dozen people will ever know?
Some nicknames make themselves up like Moneybags others don't.
Some blokes never even get one.
Jack
JA
Whats the diff?
If he does get a new nickname it will probably present itself out of either act or circumstance.
how about the bounty hunter for a nickname??
jack anthony>jack>jacki brown>based on the book rum punch>written by elmore leonard>whose first book was bounty hunter
JAJH is a policemen right? I respect police because without them it would be anarchy and chaos but sorry JAJH not trying to offensive but nicknames are genereally derogatory and fun it's our culture for it to be that way...
What about Bacon?
Ex copper. And even if I was still a copper I would find "Bacon" offensive. But, then again is it ok to call you "Paddywanker"?
doofdoof
8 Jul 2008, 18:57
how about the bounty hunter for a nickname??
jack anthony>jack>jacki brown>based on the book rum punch>written by elmore leonard>whose first book was bounty hunter
Obviously! :eek::p:rolleyes::D
Pie eyed
8 Jul 2008, 22:29
Obviously! :eek::p:rolleyes::D
So really he should be called Rachel.....
You know "bounty hunter>>>Rachel Hunter"
This is a fun game.:D;)
Godfrey Jones
8 Jul 2008, 22:39
^lets call him 30 minute meal, because of rachel ray
Professor Knowall
8 Jul 2008, 23:00
... Now just this morning HOMP (formerly Hell of Mill Park until ScottyD renamed her) commented - get this - that John Anthony looks like what she imagines Julius Caesar to have looked like.:confused::p Don't laugh Opti - she did history at La Trobe and loves her old Romans.
And I can see what she means. JA has a very distinctive, powerful face. A face like a weapon. Yon Anthony has a lean and hungry look, to paraphrase Shakespeare.
So then I sez to HOMP, "Aren't you just thinking of Mark Anthony (another character in Shakespeare' Julius Caesar) ?"
And then HOMP sez, "That's a good nick-name for a player who'll be taking plenty of marks - Mark Anthony."
But I prefer The Jack Attack.:D
Caesar - or Jack??
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/brimpaen/01658516530100.jpg
BTW - Its Mark Antony (or Marcus Antonius in Latin), not Mark Anthony.
And Cassius was the one with the lean and hungry look.
stui magpie
8 Jul 2008, 23:00
I'm so pissing myself laughing at people who can't figure out where Jack comes from John. Far Kme, how old are some of you?
As far as names go, I'm happy just to call him Jack or JA, and when he gets a goal or does something good, start singing, "we've got the Jack".
Corruption of a song title by AC-DC for those under 12.
AC-DC is a band.
jasonwilde
8 Jul 2008, 23:03
Guys with two Christian names piss me off.
Godfrey Jones
8 Jul 2008, 23:36
I'm so pissing myself laughing at people who can't figure out where Jack comes from John. Far Kme, how old are some of you?
As far as names go, I'm happy just to call him Jack or JA, and when he gets a goal or does something good, start singing, "we've got the Jack".
Corruption of a song title by AC-DC for those under 12.
AC-DC is a band.
a pop band or what kind of music?
Pie eyed
9 Jul 2008, 00:33
^lets call him 30 minute meal, because of rachel ray
8 Minute Abs....lol
This thread is starting to sound like that conversation......
Snag Breac
9 Jul 2008, 23:30
Caesar - or Jack??
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y185/brimpaen/01658516530100.jpg
BTW - Its Mark Antony (or Marcus Antonius in Latin), not Mark Anthony.
And Cassius was the one with the lean and hungry look.
Yes, that's why I said "paraphrase" Prof. And yes, I do realise that I was taking a liberty with the original spelling, but case appropriate. And I can't agree with HOMP - in light of that bust - JC is much too bland looking. Got one of Cassius?