▲ 237 ▼ Why is 'Philippines' spelled with a PH, but 'Filipino' is spelled with an F? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 months ago by 58008@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 79 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Why is Houston "hew-stown" while Houston is "house-ton" permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I assume Houston Street is named after a man that pronounced his name House-ton. Houston the city was named for Sam Houston, the first President of the Republic of Texas. He pronounced it Hews-ton, so that's what we call it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Triasha@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago I assume Houston Street is named after a man that pronounced his name House-ton. Houston the city was named for Sam Houston, the first President of the Republic of Texas. He pronounced it Hews-ton, so that's what we call it. permalink fedilink source parent