Jesuit theologian Fr. Jon Sobrino was in Thailand when he got word of the murders. Sobrino received the call about midnight. A friend, Julian Filochowski, now the chairman of the Archbishop Romero ...
ROME — When a Salvadoran army death squad dragged six Jesuit priests from their beds in the middle of a November night in 1989, then dumped their bloodied bodies on a lawn, Father Jon Sobrino was ...
How do I know when to use Jon and I, or Jon and me? I can't really figure it out. I've tried to teach myself, but I just can't seem to do it. Will someone please help me figure this problem out?
grammar - Jon and I or Jon and me? - English Language & Usage Stack ...
From this, I would tentatively conclude that (1.) the vernacular pronunciation of the name became a single-syllable "Jon" fairly early on, and (2.) the John spelling might have originally been a Latin-language abbreviation, but it came to be used as the standard vernacular spelling because it matched the vernacular pronunciation.
In general – and I cannot stress this enough: you asked for general, so I'm giving you general – multisyllabic names are often shortened to the first syllable (s). Hence: Jon (Jonathon), Rob (Robert), Will (William), Mike (Michael), Dave (David), Tom (Thomas), Doug (Douglas), Chris (Christoper), Alex (Alexander), Sue (Susan), Chris (Christine), Meg (Meghan), Nance (Nancy). Sometimes, a ...
Bloody Elbow: Jon Jones mocks Tom Aspinall with new profile picture following UFC 321 eye poke
Jon Jones has reacted without saying or writing a single word after UFC 321. Tom Aspinall spent a year chasing a heavyweight unification clash with the greatest MMA fighter of all time. Jon Jones was ...