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Interesting that we've Anglicised the pronunciation for quixotic

It always used to be Don Kwiksoht until some people decided they wanted to show that they knew Spanish, and Don Ki-ho-te started to take over.

It's interesting that Gibbon always calls the French kings Lewis. I wonder whether that was just him or whether it was general in the 18th century, and if so when it became usual to use the French spelling.

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