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From: atlloyd@acer.gen.tcd.ie (Andrew Lloyd)
Subject: Re: Jesus H. Christ !!!
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Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 16:44:04 GMT
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(Mark Odegard) wrote:

> In sci.lang kosciuka@wl.aecl.ca (Andrzej Kosciuk) said:  
>  
> >I've always wondered what does the "H" stand for? 
> >Perhaps it's a trivial question, but English is not 
> >my first language. 
>  
> I *think* it is derived from the monogram <IHS>, the first three letters of
> the name "Jesus", (iota, eta, sigma); the "S" is sometimes done as a "C"
> for reasons that escape me (I'm wearing my asbestos underwear). 

Wrong wrong nearly right.  I had believed that IHS stands for 
In Hoc Signo 
(latin for: by this sign <the cross> "redemption" (understood)).
But my Chamber's he say:
IHC IHS for the greek capitals IHC (C a form of sigma) first two
and last letters of Iesous, often misread as Jesus Hominem Salvator
Jesus saviour of men.

Any idea where I can get these asbestos underpants?

Andrew
