Message: "Why?" - Behind the Name

Why?

by Alix (Solunastra)

2/15/2010, 7:17 PM

Why is St. John pronounced "sinjin"? It defies modern pronunciation. We do not pronounce "saint" like "sin" or "John" like "jin" in English. I've never heard this pronunciation and it makes absolutely no sense to me, especially coming from a culture that pronounces phonetically "Don Quixote" as "Don Quicks-Oat" and "Don Juan" as "Don Jew-in."

Can someone shed some light on this? Is it from the French pronunciation or something?

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This name is oddly English.... · writerALD93 · 2/15/2010, 4:29 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Llewella · 2/16/2010, 8:51 AM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... the second · Anneza · 2/16/2010, 12:48 AM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Anneza · 2/15/2010, 10:23 PM

•Why? · Alix · 2/15/2010, 7:17 PM

•oh do we? · beethoven · 2/15/2010, 7:57 PM

•Re: oh do we? · Siân · 2/15/2010, 11:12 PM

•Re: oh do we? · Kitty · 2/15/2010, 9:35 PM

•Re: oh do we? · Alix · 2/15/2010, 9:13 PM

•Re: oh do we? · jennifer · 2/16/2010, 4:03 PM

•I've never heard of that · Andromache · 2/16/2010, 6:47 AM

•Re: oh do we? · Anneza · 2/15/2010, 10:32 PM

•interesting · beethoven · 2/15/2010, 10:55 PM

•Re: interesting · Kate · 2/16/2010, 10:08 PM

•Re: oh do we? · beethoven · 2/15/2010, 9:14 PM

•Re: Why? · safety pin · 2/15/2010, 7:47 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · number1212 · 2/15/2010, 6:57 PM

•Yes · Clippy · 2/15/2010, 6:25 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · lac · 2/15/2010, 5:48 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Bear · 2/15/2010, 5:38 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · queenv · 2/15/2010, 5:50 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Kitty · 2/15/2010, 9:38 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · jennifer · 2/15/2010, 6:00 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Andromache · 2/15/2010, 5:06 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Lilibet · 2/15/2010, 5:01 PM

•ditto nt · jennifer · 2/15/2010, 5:12 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · queenv · 2/15/2010, 4:53 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · GiovannaDevorah · 2/15/2010, 4:44 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Lucy · 2/15/2010, 4:44 PM

•Re: This name is oddly English.... · Blaise · 2/15/2010, 4:40 PM

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