gjm comments on Open thread, July 28 - August 3, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 02 August 2014 09:15:53PM 4 points [-]

Jon -- short for Jonathan -- was a perfectly good name long before George R R Martin.

Comment author: Creutzer 03 August 2014 06:41:52AM 2 points [-]

Ah, thanks. I didn't know that existed as a short form for Jonathan, and inferred that it was merely another instance of his distorting English spelling in names and titles.