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submitted 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by sgibson5150@slrpnk.net to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Checkmate, Chuck. 👑

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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[-] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 35 points 6 hours ago

We don't as far as I know. St John is usually pronounced Saint John. Though English is weird and you might have come across a local pronunciation. Do you know where abouts in the UK that one comes from?

[-] myself@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

Oh no not in Utica

[-] Preacher@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago

Roger Moore pronounced his alias St John Smythe as "Sinjun Smythe" in "A View To A Kill"

[-] sgibson5150@slrpnk.net 4 points 5 hours ago

Perhaps not precisely "sinjin". Wikipedia gives the IPA as /ˈsɪndʒɪn/ or /-ʒən/ where the ʒ is the g in beige or the s in pleasure so it's a bit more of a zh sound than a j sound: "sinzhin"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John_(name) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English

[-] Railison@aussie.zone 4 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Though the English ~~is~~ are weird

Local names in Britain do my head in

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