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, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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