On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 at 13:02, Nate Wessel <[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
