Critters2
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Fri Sep-12-08 09:07 AM
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Is "Ike" an actual name, or is it short for something? |
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And have you ever known anyone named "Ike"?
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Fri Sep-12-08 09:07 AM
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Fri Sep-12-08 09:08 AM
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Edited on Fri Sep-12-08 09:09 AM by supernova
usually. It was also used as a diminutive famously for Dwight Eisenhower.
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Fri Sep-12-08 02:56 PM
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8. I never knew it was short for Isaac. Thanks! nt |
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Fri Sep-12-08 09:09 AM
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3. Of course it was a nickname for Dwight D. Eisenhauer. "I like Ike" was a campaign slogan in 1952. |
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Imagine that. Things were a little simpler back then.
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Fri Sep-12-08 02:54 PM
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7. I knew that. But I've known a couple of other guys called "Ike", |
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who were not Eisenhower. So, I figured it must have some other etymology.
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Fri Sep-12-08 11:02 AM
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4. I had an uncle named Isaac |
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Fri Sep-12-08 02:35 PM
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6. Eisenhower (what a funny first name!) |
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