What does the H in Jesus H. Christ stand for?

[bif]

The nuns in grade school taught us that it stood for Harrison. But I've heard other variations.

[pagerbear]

1. Hildegard

[Spider Jerusalem]

2. Funny...I always thought it was Harold...(n/t)

[Pale Blue Dot]

3. Huh?

nt

[NC_Nurse]

4. Horatio

of course.

[tom_paine]

5. Horatio

That was always my understanding.

[RobertSeattle]

6. From Straight Dope...

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_033

[bif]

11. Wow, some scholarly research on the subject!

But still no definitive answer.

[StopTheMorans]

7. Harold

"Our Father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name"

can't remember where I read that, believe it was Reader's Digest a long time ago (a child telling their parent that they found out God's name).

[proud patriot]

12. LOL

:-)

[BR_Parkway]

8. HomosexualsAreOkWithMe :-)

[stopbush]

9. Then there's Belushi's version in The Blues Brothers

Jesus H Tap-Dancing Christ.

[bleedingheart]

10. what???

Are you sure you ren't confusing it with the letters hung above the cross that implied... Jesus King of the Jews???

These Latin letters stand for the inscription that Pilate ordered placed on Jesus' cross: "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum" - Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.

I think the H. your talking about is slang...

Here is a cool website about crosses.

http://home.att.net/~wegast/symbols/crosses/crosses.htm

[bif]

13. Of course I'm not serious

But I have read someone in some piece of fiction the phrase "Jesus Harrison Christ!"

[robertpaulsen]

16. groovy

[ronnykmarshall]

14. Holy

[Champion Jack]

15. Homer?

[gator_in_Ontario]

17. Howard...as in

"Howard be thy name"

[jus_the_facts]

18. Holy....I'd imagine?!

O8)

[Tempest]

19. Himself

At least that's what my dad always said.

"Jesus H. Christ Himself", brings back fond memories of my father ranting.

[xultar]

20. H.old me back I'm gonna beat the crap out of Mel Gibson n/t

[mmm]

21. Herald Hekuba, of course!

[arwalden]

25. Neither A Borrower Or A Lender Be...

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
Do not forget: Stay out of debt;
Think twice, and take this good advice from me,
Guard that old solvency.
There’s just one other thing
you ought to do.
To thine own self be true.


http://www.gilligansisle.com/midi/borrwer.mid

[southpaw]

22. Damn, you know threads like this give lurking freepers nightmares!

[bif]

23. I'll bet they do. They must think we're outta our minds

n/t

[BiggJawn]

24. Harcourt...n/t