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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")? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 48 seconds ago

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

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")? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

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

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")? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours 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