Hi Steve,
From the top list, I think this is not really a case of different
names people use vs official name. Seems like a simpler issue than
what you are talking about. which hopefully then is a simpler to
solve. (Not that that issue you are discussing doesn't occur as well,
I'm sure).
Here are the top 100 that are including " of " in the name:
110707 City of Toronto 45716 City of Hamilton 27234 City of London
25393 City of Brampton 22881 Municipality of Chatham-Kent 17251 City
of Vaughan 16929 City of St. Catharines 16796 Town of Markham 16592
City of Kawartha Lakes 16086 City of Thunder Bay 14787 City of
Niagara Falls 13966 City of Kingston 12085 City of Oshawa 11321
City of Barrie 11080 Town of Fort Erie 10981 City of Burlington
10641 Town of Whitby 10347 City of Guelph 9906 Municipality of
Clarington 9666 City of Brantford 9384 City of Sarnia 9102 City
of Windsor 8263 City of Peterborough 7819 City of Quinte West
7593 City of Welland 7441 Town of Ajax 7389 Town of Milton 7025
Town of Lincoln 6909 County of Brant 6753 City of Pickering 6689
Town of Caledon 6608 City of Greater Sudbury 6466 Township of West
Lincoln 6460 Town of Niagara-On-The-Lake 6239 City of Belleville
6165 City of Prince Edward County 5995 Town of Georgina 5947 Town
of Innisfil 5886 Town of Newmarket 5827 Town of Halton Hills
5696 City of Cornwall 5381 Town of Lakeshore 5261 Township of
Galway-Cavendish and Harvey 5063 Township of Rideau Lakes 5036
Town of Pelham 4914 Town of South Bruce Peninsula 4877 City of
Port Colborne 4796 Town of Wasaga Beach 4792 Township of
Oro-Medonte 4680 Town of Grimsby 4533 Township of
Smith-Ennismore-Lakefield 4474 Town of Essex 4405 Town of
Whitchurch-Stouffville 4346 Township of South Glengarry 4244 Town
of Aurora 4222 Township of Severn 4208 City of Woodstock 4151
Township of Minden Hills 4127 Town of Saugeen Shores 3971 City of
Thorold 3962 Municipality of West Grey 3929 Municipality of Grey
Highlands 3883 Township of St. Clair 3839 Township of Wainfleet
3828 Township of Centre Wellington 3815 Municipality of Kincardine
3803 Town of New Tecumseth 3778 Township of Scugog 3776 Township
of Tiny 3725 Township of Springwater 3720 Town of Collingwood
3692 City of St. Thomas 3690 Municipality of Trent Hills 3648
Township of Strathroy-Caradoc 3603 City of Cambridge 3574 Town of
Kingsville 3549 Municipality of Leamington 3543 Municipality of
Middlesex Centre 3539 Township of South Dundas 3529 City of
Orillia 3495 Township of North Glengarry 3388 Township of Tay
Valley 3355 City of Brockville 3293 Municipality of Port Hope
3284 Municipality of North Grenville 3268 Township of Leeds and the
Thousand Islands 3202 Township of North Dundas 3192 Municipality
of Brockton 3188 Town of Amherstburg 3149 Township of South
Frontenac 3098 City of Owen Sound 3097 Town of Tecumseh 3056
Township of Seguin 3053 Town of the Blue Mountains 3050 Town of
Greater Napanee 3044 Township of King 3006 Township of Clearview
2975 Township of South Stormont 2927 Town of Gravenhurst 2847
Township of Ramara
On 2018-02-12 06:15 PM, OSM Volunteer stevea wrote:
There are places and circumstances where preceding a city's name with "City of" is
"a very correct answer." So, sort that out, if we would, please.
We (California) have a city which nearly everybody in all circumstances calls Ventura which is "officially"
San Buenaventura. Stuff like this happens. Then, there might be a "linguistic register" (like in a legal
pleading) where "The City of San Buenaventura" is "just what the doctor ordered" acceptably correct.
It appears that "City of Toronto" being roughly 91% of a six-figure-strong consensus is a
clear winner. However, Kevin Farrugia says something different. We listen, we consider, we allow
consensus to emerge and the bold pull triggers. By that I mean "clean up what we now agree
needs correcting."
OSM is so delightfully human and organic. I'm so glad we so widely speak
amongst ourselves.
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