Misprint of The Shining.....

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mjs9153

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Welcome!Misprinted how,a few words,the whole book,what..have you googled it?
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carrie's younger brother

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...."Jack" Middle English, indirect diminutive of "John"....Normans added -kin when they wanted to make a diminutive. And Jen was their way of saying John. So little John became Jenkin and time turned that into Jakin, which ultimately became Jack.
On top of everything else you are (nurse, friend, husband, dad, big guy, good guy, resident funny guy, cookie lover) now you're a perfesser type! Ye gods! ;;D