Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 22 hours agoWhy, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?message-squaremessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down11
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minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·22 hours agoSo is there something we haven’t been told about Claus / Klaus?
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·22 hours agoMy understanding is we have the Dutch to blame for that as they named him “Sante” and Spanish-speaking countries adapted the sound into “a” for whatever reason. Basically it’s “whole” proper name derived from elsewhere.
minus-squareValiantDust@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·21 hours 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-down1·19 hours 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-up2arrow-down1·12 hours agoYou say that like it’s unique to us. lol. That’s how language works :)
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·18 hours agoHe’s a world-famous forklift driver.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·21 hours agoWell, Santa Claus doesn’t operate in Spain so they got confused somewhere when translating the name
So is there something we haven’t been told about Claus / Klaus?
My understanding is we have the Dutch to blame for that as they named him “Sante” and Spanish-speaking countries adapted the sound into “a” for whatever reason. Basically it’s “whole” proper name derived from elsewhere.
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 :)
He’s a world-famous forklift driver.
Well, Santa Claus doesn’t operate in Spain so they got confused somewhere when translating the name