Well, California was a Spanish colony, sfter all.
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Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
For reference, San Diego and Tijuana back right up to each other and have one of the busiest border crossings in the country.
You’re going to hear Spanish there.
MasterBuilder@lemmy.one 2 months ago
Mexigore@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Not only it used to be a Mexican State
Tryenjer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
San Diego would be Saint James.
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
It’s wild that the name Diego becomes James in English!
I would’ve thought of Daniel or something but no, JAMES
Tryenjer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Diego (Diogo in Portuguese) is a modification of the name Tiago which in turn is the diminutive of Santiago which is the name of the apostle James in Spanish and Portuguese.
Enkrod@feddit.org 2 months ago
Tiago -> Iago -> Iakobus -> Jacob -> James
GuyjinBu@lemm.ee 2 months ago
In the streets of shame Where you’ve lost your dreams in the rain There’s no signs of hope The stems and seeds of the last of the dope There’s a glow of light The Saint Jimmy is the spark in the night Bearing gifts and trust A fixture in the city of lust
jimjam5@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wouldn’t mind that at all lol has a nice ring to it. But I would feel insulted if I don’t get treated well in a city where I’m a saint.
Maeve@midwest.social 2 months ago
Tiago > Yahoo > Jacob > James. It’s still a dumb demand.
AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
That’s English for ya! You would think that after the Great Vowel Shift people would have considered re-spelling words and names to more properly fit their roots, but evidently instead they just decided to start pronouncing everything wrong.
lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 months ago
It also seems like English changing the letter J from a /j/ sound to a /dzj/ sound didn’t help, going by how “Iacobus” became James (or I could see Jacob in there… With English’ old J)
oo1@lemmings.world 2 months ago
There’s a less popular name “Jago” in English that would fit. I think that also comes from Jacob or Iago.
So I reckon “Saint Jago”
misteloct@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Best we can do is Saint America.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
That’s interesting and all but many Spanish speaking people have had family on this side of the border since California was a Mexican territory.