Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?message-squaremessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up182arrow-down11
arrow-up181arrow-down1message-squareWhy, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoI think it’s Sinterklaas and it was English-speaking Americans who changed it into Santa Claus. Probably misunderstanding the origin.
minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoAmericans also like to mispronounced things and then write down what it sounds like using words they already know.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoYou say that like it’s unique to us. lol. That’s how language works :)
I think it’s Sinterklaas and it was English-speaking Americans who changed it into Santa Claus. Probably misunderstanding the origin.
Americans also like to mispronounced things and then write down what it sounds like using words they already know.
You say that like it’s unique to us. lol. That’s how language works :)