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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsI wonder what the "H" in "Jesus H Christ" stands for...
... boy, I bet people would feel stupid if it turned out his middle name was Irving.
-- Mal
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I wonder what the "H" in "Jesus H Christ" stands for... (Original Post)
malthaussen
Jul 2024
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JoseBalow
(9,196 posts)1. I always heard it was "Horatio"
bottomofthehill
(9,334 posts)4. Jinx, you owe me a coke
Dating myself.
bottomofthehill
(9,334 posts)2. Horatio
Dave Bowman
(6,733 posts)3. H stands for Harold
he was named for his Dad. You know, Our Father who art in Heaven, Harold be Thy Name
walkingman
(10,380 posts)6. Cheers...that's funny!!
Dave Bowman
(6,733 posts)11. Thanks!
rurallib
(64,569 posts)5. Husein - a fine middle-eastern name
vishnura
(352 posts)8. Husein it is!
JoseBalow
(9,196 posts)10. Shouldn't it be Spanish, like his first name?
Dave Bowman
(6,733 posts)12. Hernando?
JoseBalow
(9,196 posts)13. Humberto?
Marthe48
(22,753 posts)7. Don't know what the H. stands for but I know it's a horse at the race track
I heard the blacksmith say, "Jesus H. Christ! Get off my foot!"
bif
(26,698 posts)9. Harrison.
Sheesh. I thought everyone knew that!
Yavin4
(37,182 posts)14. Hugo. n/t