[Talk-ca] Saints in street names in Ontario

[john whelan]

I'm of the opinion that what the city says goes.

We used that in Ottawa with things such as rue Slater rather than Rue
Slater which I understand is more normal in Quebec.

Cheerio John

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019, 1:19 PM Jarek Piórkowski, <jarek at piorkowski.ca> wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 13:02, Nate Wessel <bike756 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Don't forget about the various alternative naming tags like alt_name=*,
> short_name=*, loc_name=*, and also name:etymology=* to make things
> absolutely clear.
> >
> > Having either spelling in one of these alternatives as appropriate would
> likely satisfy any dissenters and make both the full and abbreviated name
> searchable.
>
> Certainly, but my message is to suggest that "St. Clair Avenue West"
> _is_ the full name. We could set up an "expanded name" tag I suppose?
>
> Etymology wise, Wikipedia, citing (as far as I can tell) local
> historians, suggests that St. Clair Avenue is named after Augustine
> St. Clare, a character in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the book spells the
> last name "St. Clare", never expanded to "Saint".
>
> In any case, suggesting etymology as being decisive for names seems to
> me problematic in many ways, especially in Canada where we've
> adopted/mangled many names and phrases from other languages.
>
> Thanks,
> --Jarek
>
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