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Christopher -> Git???

  • 09-08-2015 07:03PM
    #1
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭


    How is the nickname Git derived from the name Christopher? I think it's mainly a Dublin thing. I've asked lots of Dublin people, and googled, but can't find the answer. Anyone??


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  • #2
    darkpagandeath
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    kris kringle


  • #3
    McDermotX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,888 ✭✭✭✭McDermotX


    Never have I ever heard a Christopher referred to as Git.

    Never ever.


    Heard of one, I repeat, one, called Kit. But not sure if that was because of the Christopher, or because he had a big red LED across his chest.


  • #4
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    McDermotX wrote: »
    Never have I ever heard a Christopher referred to as Git.

    Never ever.


    Heard of one, I repeat, one, called Kit. But not sure if that was because of the Christopher, or because he had a big red LED across his chest.

    It seems to be a bit of a scumbag thing. Google "Christopher git" and you'll get lots of stories from the Sunday World about various criminals with that name. There was also one in Love Hate, he was the RA head.


  • #5
    The Backwards Man
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    St Christopher medals.

    The patron saint of gitting


  • #6
    RichardCeann
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    Ask a young Dublin child to say Christopher. They pronounce it 'Git-a-fur'.

    Hence how the nickname Git came to be.


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  • #7
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    RichardCeann wrote: »
    Ask a young Dublin child to pronounce Christopher. They say 'Git-a-fur'.

    Hence how the nickname Git came to be.

    Would it not be, Christopher Roight.


  • #8
    NotCominBack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭NotCominBack


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    It seems to be a bit of a scumbag thing. Google "Christopher git" and you'll get lots of stories from the Sunday World about various criminals with that name. There was also one in Love Hate, he was the RA head.

    Most likely to be related to your browser search history


  • #9
    yes there
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 306 ✭✭yes there


    Know one git. Another Christopher (git) is written on a headstone in a cemetary in Harolds Cross. Used to see it everyday when standing at the toilet (overlooks graveyard). Definitely a Dublin thing.


  • #10
    RedemptionZ
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    I too never heard of git being from Christopher. I think it's very rare tbh OP.


  • #11
    RayM
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    yes there wrote: »
    Know one git. Another Christopher (git) is written on a headstone in a cemetary in Harolds Cross. Used to see it everyday when standing at the toilet (overlooks graveyard). Definitely a Dublin thing.

    Imagine having 'Git' on your headstone. Forever. :(


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  • #12
    ElleEm
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    RedemptionZ wrote: »
    I too never heard of git being from Christopher. I think it's very rare tbh OP.

    It is definitely not rare in Dublin. I know of a fair few Gits. I know two Christophers who aren't called Git. One is from the country, if that makes a difference! I don't know the origins!


  • #13
    conorh91
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    A bit like Kathleen=Kitty. Where does that come from? My sister's called Kathleen, calling her Kitty is the equivalent of pressing the nuclear button.

    Could be worse Git. uh sorry, I mean Christopher.


  • #14
    irishgirl19
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    Never understood it myself. Hard not to find a dub called Christopher who is not known as Git


  • #15
    rubadub
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    Never heard it before, and know a few Christophers.

    Maybe I did hear it, if I did I would have presumed it was an insult i.e. -lazy git.
    FM104
    October 6, 2011 ·
    Get it off your chest... Here's a random question... why are people with the name Christopher called GIT? And people with the name Murphy called Spud??!
    https://www.facebook.com/DublinsFM104/posts/257253930984907


  • #16
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Never heard of it before now.


  • #17
    Hitchens
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    Jack Early Tableware wrote: »
    Never heard of it before now.
    waddabout Git Lee........ died recently?


  • #18
    Duckworth_Luas
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    Let Git take it!


    A classic movie scene would have been ruined


  • #19
    Sir Osis of Liver.
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    FFS....Jesus Christ himself was known as Git on the streets of Nazareth.


  • #20
    NachoBusiness
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    Remember way way back being told that it stems from toddlers difficulty pronouncing Christopher, as invariably they sound like they are saying Gitsobher or something close.

    Someone must have just started shortening it for a child at some point along the line and it just caught on.


  • #21
    stimpson
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    Hitchens wrote: »
    waddabout Git Lee........ died recently?

    Don't forget Git Gitson the famous country singer.


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  • #22
    Hitchens
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    stimpson wrote: »
    Don't forget Git Gitson the famous country singer.
    ....and that Git Walken fella, that does be in de fillums :)


  • #23
    McGrath5
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    I know a Git myself, always thought it was just a made up name for this individual.


  • #24
    Sir Osis of Liver.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,805 ✭✭✭Sir Osis of Liver.


    Or Git "Git"Gitinsky,the famous cosmonaut.


  • #25
    NotCominBack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 456 ✭✭NotCominBack


    Many of them
    Git Columbus
    Git Reeve
    St Git
    Git Walken


  • #26
    JacquesSon
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 758 ✭✭✭JacquesSon


    The ignorance of Git says a lot about the demographics of Boards. :p


  • #27
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,228 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Never ever heard of that before

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #28
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Christopher Gitchens


  • #29
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    Yup, I'm aware of it. I knew a lad from Crumlin called Christopher and all his pals referred to him as Git (phonetically: "Gih" :pac:). Thought at the time that it was his nickname only, but then met another Christopher from Tallaght, known as Git also - that's when I realised it was a thing, and a Dublin thing specifically.

    Can't understand where it comes from, but I guess there's Kitty from Kathleen as someone said, and... not entirely the same as it's a name and not a nickname, but Dick being short for Richard doesn't make any sense either.


  • #30
    Dyr
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    Yeah twould be have been common enough in dublin back in the 80s, probably not so much now


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  • #31
    [Deleted User]
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    First time I've ever heard Christopher referred to as Git. Weird.


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