On Wed, 3 Sep 2008, John Summerfield wrote:

> Jean-Paul Chaput wrote:
>>  Hello John,
>
> He's no John, he's a Jon:-)
>
> Commonly short for Jonathon.

Jonathan in my case.  I started using the short form because one place I 
worked didn't have space on the safety helmets for 'Jonathan' and anyway 
it reminded me of my childhood favourite "Doctor" - Jon Pertwee.

I don't mind being called John because I know that plenty of people assume 
that if they just hear it.  At least that gives the right initials, you 
may not believe some of the random corruptions I've ended up with from 
vendors (Tom, Tim, Jan are common).

And as for my surname... :-)

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