Why do the English pronounce the first name “St. John” as “sinjin” but they pronounce the last name “Saintclair” as “saint clair” (and not “sinclair”)?

@sgibson5150@slrpnk.net · edit-2 5M

@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 5M

Not a single person in my insane number of years has ever said sinjin

Todd Bonzalez · 5M

You don’t live in Britain where:

@makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml · 5M

Lived there for years and years. Never heard it pronounced that way. Strange

SanguinePar · 5M

Am in UK, and yeah, I’ve definitely heard it pronounced that way, sometimes combined with a second name, eg St John-Smith = Sinjin-Smith

I think it’s a thing posh people use sometimes.

XIIIesq · edit-2 5M

I live near a village called St John’s Town of Dalry and no one says sinjin nor have I heard anyone’s name referred to that way.