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chyron8472
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Random Thoughts
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20-Jun-2018, 9:45 AM

ChainsawAsh said:

RicOlie_2 said:

RicOlie_2 said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Christ on a cross. . .

Why do some people say “Jesus H. Christ” or “Christ on a crutch”?
What is the “H” supposed to stand for, and why a crutch?

I never understood why people say that.

“Crutch” might be a deliberate mispronunciation of “cross,” but I’m not really sure.

My theory regarding “Jesus H. Christ” is that in Catholic churches (and on other Catholic things) you’ll often see inscriptions like “JHC” or “JHS.” These stand for Jesus’ name (or in more recent times have been interpreted as a short form of “Jesus Hominum Salvator”, which is Latin for “Jesus Saviour of Mankind”), and are a transcription of the first three letters of his name in Greek (hence the variation between C and S). My guess is that some people, seeing that and not knowing what it meant, but knowing it referred to Jesus, interpreted it as his initials.

JEDIT: Hey, Wikipedia backs me up. It says that it’s common in the Anglican/Episcopalian Church as well, which is likely where exposure to the “JHC” abbreviation would have come in.

JEDIT: Oops, that wasn’t a JEDIT…

The Wiki article you linked says J used to be a variant of I instead of its own letter

I learned this, but from watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in the trial where he has to stand on the correct tiles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxPdqbmYi8U&t=100s