As some of you may know, whenever I speak about the area around Shiloh where I live, I point out that the name of the nearby village of Sinjil is actually a corruption of the name of the Crusader knight who built a fortress there (and upon which, the Arabs built their mosque) which was Raymond de St. Giles.
In French, Saint Giles is pronounced "San Jiles" (with a soft 'g').
Well, there are always a few who doubt that and now I found a confirmation in the form of a British adventurer, father of Kim Philby the famous spy.
See this:-
Harry St. John Bridger Philby CIE (April 3, 1885 – September 30, 1960), also known as Sinjin Philby (the British pronunciation of "St. John" ) or Jack Philby, also Sheikh Abdullah, his Arabic name, was an Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative.
putz.
ReplyDeleteis this the level of your intelligence and ability of argumentation, debate and discussion?