Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down11
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minus-squarecrank0271@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 months agoSo is there something we haven’t been told about Claus / Klaus?
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoHe’s a world-famous forklift driver.
minus-squareflamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoWell, Santa Claus doesn’t operate in Spain so they got confused somewhere when translating the name
minus-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months 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.
So is there something we haven’t been told about Claus / Klaus?
He’s a world-famous forklift driver.
Well, Santa Claus doesn’t operate in Spain so they got confused somewhere when translating the name
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.