MMA Mania on MSN: Jon Jones reacts to fan’s giant, lifelike tattoo of his face: ‘That’s crazy!’
Jon Jones reacts to fan’s giant, lifelike tattoo of his face: ‘That’s crazy!’
Former UFC two-division champion Jon Jones, who loves getting inked, was impressed by a tattoo a fan made of Jones holding the UFC gold strap on his shoulders.
Jon Jones won his first UFC title all the way back in 2011, so I’m sure the decorated champion has seen his fair share of unusual fan interactions. A recent night out in Miami after UFC 327 may take ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.