New game - Stalin vs. Martians

**Meneldil** · 03-21-2009, 23:37

Originally Posted by gollum

You mean GI Joe? Or Josef?

Hum, isn't Joe the shortened form of Joseph? If not, I blame it on the anglosaxons and their eagerness to shorten everything.

**ajaxfetish** · 03-26-2009, 06:40

Originally Posted by Meneldil

Hum, isn't Joe the shortened form of Joseph? If not, I blame it on the anglosaxons and their eagerness to shorten everything.

It most certainly is. In fact, 'Uncle Joe' is a common nickname for the fellow.

Ajax

**gollum** · 03-26-2009, 12:48

I guess its intuitive, why he wasnt nicknamed *Jo-Jo*

**Meneldil** · 03-26-2009, 22:37

Originally Posted by ajaxfetish

It most certainly is. In fact, 'Uncle Joe' is a common nickname for the fellow.

Ajax

Then I blame Gollum.

**gollum** · 03-26-2009, 23:59

Ils sont fous ces Francophones...

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