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Re: Richard & Matthias St. John (Sension)
Posted by: Kathy Patterson (ID *****6753)	Date: April 01, 2009 at 12:18:34
In Reply to: Re: Richard & Matthias St. John (Sension) by Jerome Lafayette Saint John	of 1811

Back when I first read Jane Eyre, I learned that "St John" was pronounced Sinjin (very like Sension), exactly in the same way that St Clare was pronounced Sinclair. I don't know why, but I do know that's the way it is. And I doubt it's arbitrary.

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