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Re: Sienna, Tuscany, Italy Posted on: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:22:51 -0700

Poetic Justice wrote:

> Ken Blake wrote:
>
>> I think for people from No. America it's
>> possibly from the ad campaign (esp TV)
>> for this popular minivan that has been
>> around since '98.
>
>> More likely from the pigments Burnt
>> Sienna and Raw Sienna, which have been
>> around far longer.
>
> Most people in NA have TV's rather than easels:).
>
> I know this is a losing battle but do you honestly think that more
> people in NA have been *exposed* to this double-N spelling from it
> being a paint pigment or an almost decade long major media ad
> campaign for a minivan?


Yes, for two reasons:

1. I've commonly seen the city misspelled "Sienna" for much longer than a
decade.

2. It's not just that it's a paint pigment, but especially that Crayola
crayons used (and perhaps still does) the name for decades.

My point is not so much that it's the artist with his easel exposed to the
"Sienna" spelling, it's the kid with his crayons who has remembered it all
these years. I'll certainly grant you that the minivan's name has had a big
impact on the misspelling. But it's not the original reason, it's not the
only reason, and it may not even be the biggest reason.


> Plus actually seeing these vehicles on the roads and in parking lots
> with the 'Sienna' name on them.
>
> My guess is, if someone knows that Burnt Sienna and Raw Sienna are
> paint pigments the odds are that they will know that Siena is a city
> in Italy.


I can only speak from my personal experience, I knew the former *way* before
the latter.

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Ken Blake
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