"Lost" Ben says When and What like Stewie

May 8, 2009, 1:54 AM ET9 posts by 7 postersalt.tv.family-guy
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Garondo Marondoalt.tv.family-guy

I just about died laughing when he over pronounced "WWWWhen" and "WWWWhat" in succession on last night's episode. Maybe he's always done this but I just noticed.

Why is it always so enjoyable to see Jack get his ass kicked?

On Thu, 7 May 2009 22:54:34 -0700 (PDT), "Mr. Hole the Magnificent" wrote:

I'm starting to think that it's because he's probably going to turn out to be an earlier incarnation of Jacob.

JACk -- JACob.

  -- Rob
AaronDanoalt.tv.family-guy

But Jacob isn't a nickname for John/Johnathan. Jacob is a name in it's own right.

You're going from a name to a nickname (that's not used in this case) to another similar name, when you go from John to Jacob.

You're just going from a name to another similar name when you go from Jack to Jacob.

-Aaron

DanoAaronalt.tv.family-guy

Just pointing out the fact that Jack is the most common nick for someone named John. Jake would be the most obvious nickname for Jacob...not Jack. Just because the first three letters are the same doesn't seem like much to base a theory on. Hey it could be neither turns out to be Jacob. I'm just stating my hunch. I think it would be pretty cool if Locke meets his future in the cabin.

WiseguyDanoalt.tv.family-guy

"Dano" wrote in news:yCDNl.62687$[email]:

Maybe not the most obvious but according to "Big Book of Baby Names" (by Sandra Buzbee Bailey) Jack (and Jacky and Jackie) is listed as nickname or variant of both John (Hebrew for "God Is Gracious") and Jacob (Hebrew for "Supplanter")