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Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Tryenjer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  San Diego would be Saint James.

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  • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It’s wild that the name Diego becomes James in English!

    I would’ve thought of Daniel or something but no, JAMES

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    • Tryenjer@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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      • Enkrod@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Tiago -> Iago -> Iakobus -> Jacob -> James

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      • GuyjinBu@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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

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      • jimjam5@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • Maeve@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Tiago > Yahoo > Jacob > James. It’s still a dumb demand.

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    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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      • lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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)

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    • oo1@lemmings.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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”

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  • misteloct@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Best we can do is Saint America.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• MasterBuilder@lemmy.one ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well, California was a Spanish colony, sfter all.

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  • Mexigore@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not only it used to be a Mexican State

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