Yim vs. Jim

[ItBeats4Jew]

although, the upside of Yim is that now we get to call my sister "Yen" or "Yenny".  always good for a laugh. 

[smhoffmann02]

Why not Just Jim?

[LeanneP]

I feel like an idiot saying it outloud. Do we know where he came up with Jim James?

Jim James comes from Tyrone, doesn't it?  And he adopted it since noone could ever say "Olliges" properly.

[jaye]

I feel like an idiot saying it outloud. Do we know where he came up with Jim James?

Jim James comes from Tyrone, doesn't it?  And he adopted it since noone could ever say "Olliges" properly.

I've always thought that but I've never read anything where he specifically credited Tyrone.

[LeanneP]

It makes him sound like an outlaw cowboy 

[jaye]

It makes him sound like an outlaw cowboy 

I actually think I heard him say something like that in an interview.  Or it could have been a dream... 

[YimYodd]

Found this on the interweb.     True?   Sara?

J is pronounced like a Y in a lot of languages, including Swedish, German, Finnish and Maltese

Yup, that is true, Yim is how we would pronounce Jim in Swedish.

About 25 yrs. ago my friend, an amateur actor, was in a local production playing a Swede.
He would come around in character, practicing his accent. He always called me Yim, and the nickname stuck.
So, I always got a chuckle  when hearing of Yim Yames. I took it to mean that JJ was 100%
  w/ MMJ and YY was in to all the other projects.
As for calling himself JJ to begin w/- seems natural to me. Another nickname from my youth was Jimi James - after Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, one of (James) Hendrixs' bands in NY before he went to England.
The late character actor John Qualen (a Canadian w/ Swedish parents) often played a Swede ( The Searchers, Long Voyage Home) and would exclaim "Yumpin' Yiminy!!"

[ManNamedTruth]

Found this on the interweb.     True?   Sara?

J is pronounced like a Y in a lot of languages, including Swedish, German, Finnish and Maltese

Yup, that is true, Yim is how we would pronounce Jim in Swedish.

That was my theory on why he changed in. I can picture him getting called Yim Yames all the time while on tours in Europe, and he probably thought that was humorous. I don't have a problem with the whole Yim thing, but I'm glad he went with Jim James for this. I think it would be confusing for some people if he continued with Yim, Jim James is a more familiar brand with people.
Hockey player Jaromir Jagr is a good example of J's pronounced like Y's...

[meatplate]

It makes him sound like an outlaw cowboy 

I actually think I heard him say something like that in an interview.  Or it could have been a dream... 

I recalled the same, found it...

LEO: What about your name change from Jim Olliges to Jim James?

JJ: It was just easier. When I was playing a lot of open mic nights, I'd put Jim Olliges and they'd go, Jim Olgus or something. I liked the way Jim James sounds. Kinda sounds like a western gunslinger name. It's a lot easier, and it impacts on your brain quicker.


from http://www.gerpotze.com/mymorningjacket/archive/history.htm

[Ruckus]

I feel like an idiot saying it outloud. Do we know where he came up with Jim James?

Jim James comes from Tyrone, doesn't it?  And he adopted it since noone could ever say "Olliges" properly.

I've always thought that but I've never read anything where he specifically credited Tyrone.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I thought it was the other way around.  He had already changed his name and got a chuckle out of hearing it in a song and began to cover it.

What am I doing in this thread?  Ochocinco?

[jaye]

I feel like an idiot saying it outloud. Do we know where he came up with Jim James?

Jim James comes from Tyrone, doesn't it?  And he adopted it since noone could ever say "Olliges" properly.

I've always thought that but I've never read anything where he specifically credited Tyrone.

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong but I thought it was the other way around.  He had already changed his name and got a chuckle out of hearing it in a song and began to cover it.

I like your version better. 

[zanjam]

although, the upside of Yim is that now we get to call my sister "Yen" or "Yenny".  always good for a laugh.

Hee hee
Look how cute Yim and Yenny look together in Yenny's pic  :happy:

So I've wondered what came first, the chicken or the egg?  Did Jim get his name from Tyrone and then start singing it, or did he sing it because his name was Jim James?  Or none of the above?