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Subject: Re: Jesus H. Christ !!!
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Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 10:08:30 GMT
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In article <3sbtiq$nvt@spool.cs.wisc.edu> wannis@yar.cs.wisc.edu (William Annis) writes:
>Mark Odegard (mlomark@nyc.pipeline.com) wrote:
>: In sci.lang kosciuka@wl.aecl.ca (Andrzej Kosciuk) said: 
>:  
>: 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). 
>
>        In most (early) greek manuscript hands Sigma looks like a
>latin "C."
>
>: It would be a folk translation of the "initials" of Jesus' name. 
>
>        Hey, I _like_ that.  Who cares if it's correct?  (It seems
>quite plausible, though.)
>        
>
I always thought the "H" was for "Howard".
