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The battle of San Jacinto is usually pronounced with a hard j like in "jump," even though in Spanish, it would be pronounced like "h." How would the people fighting in the battle have pronounced "San Jacinto?" When did pronunciation shift?

by /u/Quouar in /r/AskHistorians

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