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Checkmate, Chuck. πŸ‘‘

Edit: Given the number of downvotes I'm getting, I'm guessing a lot of people have just learned that they've been pronouncing St. John wrong. Don't beat yourselves up. It's not like it's a terribly common name.

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[–] revanthetrueemperor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

My best guess would be that saintclair's prononciation was influenced by french, as in french the "t" is pronounced while st john might be more "english", leading to the "t" being silent

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

In french the β€œt” isn’t pronounced.

[–] revanthetrueemperor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not in modern french but it was in old french :)

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Misunderstood your reply at first sorry :/

Nope you were right, i forgot to add the old french part, thanks for the catch :)

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