pruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoThere's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know aboutmessage-square238fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareThere's probably a word I've been pronouncing wrong my whole life that I don't know aboutpruwyben@discuss.tchncs.de to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square238fedilink
minus-squareTheRealKuni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago The name that we all pronounce as Shawn is actually spelled Seán And, fun fact, is the Irish version of the Hebrew name Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן) from which we get John and Jean and Jehan and Johan and Shane and Juan and many other variants!
minus-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoEverybody’s named John. All the way back. There is only one name, just lots of different spellings and pronunciations.
And, fun fact, is the Irish version of the Hebrew name Yohanan (יוֹחָנָן) from which we get John and Jean and Jehan and Johan and Shane and Juan and many other variants!
Everybody’s named John. All the way back. There is only one name, just lots of different spellings and pronunciations.