"Et tu, Ionathane?!" (was Re: old hat)

[Meredith Dixon]

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:59:27 -0500, you wrote:

>Yes, but not that way. Wilson is right. "Jonathan" and "John" are different
>names.

I stand corrected.  I've known Jonathans who used "Ioannes" as their name in
Latin, but they were obviously glossing.  "Ionathane" is still not right, though;
the Vulgate treats "Ionathan" as indeclinable.

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