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41 minutes ago, jamalshw said:

Not to derail...but, I'm going to derail...how is "ph" the correct way if in shortening it, you have to change it to a "v"? Wouldn't the correct way be the way that allows the shortening of the name to just be dropping a single letter? It appears to me, the "ph" option just makes it too complicated. Besides, shouldn't the "ph" produce a similar sound to "f" which would make Stephen and Steven, phonetically, different names?

Stephen is the historic spelling, dating back to St. Stephen in the Bible.

As for the nickname, why is Jack a nickname for John?  Dick for Richard?   You can't make sense out of nickname spellings, don't even try.

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9 minutes ago, SteveA said:

Stephen is the historic spelling, dating back to St. Stephen in the Bible.

 

Stephanos from the Greek Στεφανος. Weird stuff happens when you translate Greek to Latin to an older form of English then into modern English. There have been a number of major shifts in how English is pronounced along that journey (e.g., our weird pronunciation of "y" when compared to romance and other languages that were heavily influenced by Latin). I love the history of the English language podcast. Fun stuff.  

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1 hour ago, JMU_Birdfan said:

I don't quite understand pulling tate up in a series where you need fresh arms and not pitching him at all. 

He was called out to the west coast on Friday, so he probably wasn't going to pitch then. 

Saturday and Sunday were both high leverage games that Hyde wanted to win. I guess he would have gone in if yesterday went extra innings.

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34 minutes ago, SteveA said:

As for the nickname, why is Jack a nickname for John?  Dick for Richard?   You can't make sense out of nickname spellings, don't even try.

There's that and also why any grown man would willingly agree to be called "Dick."  :leaving:?

"Hey, Dick, what's up? "  "How's it hanging, Dick?"  "Hey Dick, come here, now."

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When I was in Garden Street School (1970-1976), there was a janitor whose name was "Dick Head."

No joke.

 

Not only that, but that is what was on his nameplate on the janitor's door (Mr. Dick Head) ........ but his nameplate was hung upside down. The other 5 janitors had their nameplates displayed right-side up. I suspect that his was intentionally hung upside down to try to dissuade us kids from putting 2 and 2 together and seeing what it said (It was an elementary school for Kindergarten through 5th grade.)

 

A few years later, when my friends and I went bowling at the Brewster Barn Lanes, his name came up again ........ this time his name was displayed right-side up on a board that was hanging from the center of the building, and it was for being as one of the bowlers on the championship team that season.

 

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7 minutes ago, Moose Milligan said:

I'm not getting my hopes up.  But I'd have rather given him the start tonight instead of Hess that's for damn sure.

If they think he’s going to be a reliever then that’s what he should be doing.

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3 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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The wondering is over ........

 

Hess Recalled to Start Tonights' Game in San Diego

(By Roch Kubatko)

https://www.masnsports.com/school-of-roch/2019/07/hess-recalled-to-start-tonight-in-san-diego.html

 

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SAN DIEGO PADRES )))))) (JULY 29th)

Fernando Gabriel Tatis Medina, Jr. - SS

Franmil Reyes - RF

Manuel Machado - 3B

Eric John "E.J." Hosmer - 1B

Hunter Renfroe - LF

William Bradford "W.B." Myers - CF

Luis Fernando Urias Figueroa - 2B

Austin Charles "A.C." Hedges - C

Christopher Joseph "C.J." Paddack - RHP )) (6-5, 2.84 ERA)

 

https://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

 

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2 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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When I was in Garden Street School (1970-1976), there was a janitor whose name was "Dick Head."

No joke.

 

Not only that, but that is what was on his nameplate on the janitor's door (Mr. Dick Head) ........ but his nameplate was hung upside down. The other 5 janitors had their nameplates displayed right-side up. I suspect that his was intentionally hung upside down to try to dissuade us kids from putting 2 and 2 together and seeing what it said (It was an elementary school for Kindergarten through 5th grade.)

 

A few years later, when my friends and I went bowling at the Brewster Barn Lanes, his name came up again ........ this time his name was displayed right-side up on a board that was hanging from the center of the building, and it was for being as one of the bowlers on the championship team that season.

 

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I would surley used Richard for first name.

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4 hours ago, Ohfan67 said:

Stephanos from the Greek Στεφανος. Weird stuff happens when you translate Greek to Latin to an older form of English then into modern English. There have been a number of major shifts in how English is pronounced along that journey (e.g., our weird pronunciation of "y" when compared to romance and other languages that were heavily influenced by Latin). I love the history of the English language podcast. Fun stuff.  

Look up a radio show on NPR called “A Way With Words”

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2 hours ago, OFFNY said:

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SAN DIEGO PADRES )))))) (JULY 29th)

Fernando Gabriel Tatis Medina, Jr. - SS

Franmil Reyes - RF

Manuel Machado - 3B

Eric John "E.J." Hosmer - 1B

Hunter Renfroe - LF

William Bradford "W.B." Myers - CF

Luis Fernando Urias Figueroa - 2B

Austin Charles "A.C." Hedges - C

Christopher Joseph "C.J." Paddack - RHP )) (6-5, 2.84 ERA)

 

https://www.baseballpress.com/lineups

 

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How come everyone gets initials except Luis “F.U.” Figueroa? Seems like it’d fit with the Richard Head story at least. 

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