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Northern Light said:
To be fair, those names like Mississauga were anglicized to make them easier to pronounce (more intuitive) to typical English speakers.

Misi-zaagiing (or Misswezahging), is where we get the latter from.

Toronto is Tkarón:to)

Ontario is: kanadario

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That put out there........the wisdom of the names chosen, and way they are spelled, while fair to critique, is a done thing, not worth dwelling on.
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Depending on whose critiquing though..."fair" becomes relative term.
 
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I'm curious why it isn't spelt Beedaaseegay or Ohkwaymin Minihsing. The whole world really needs to move to a truly phonetic character set with no ambiguity. Why is the letter "I" pronounced eye (ah-ee), ih, and ee? </rant>
 
EnviroTO said:
I'm curious why it isn't spelt Beedaaseegay or Ohkwaymin Minihsing. The whole world really needs to move to a truly phonetic character set with no ambiguity. Why is the letter "I" pronounced eye (ah-ee), ih, and ee? </rant>
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Because that's the way Anishinaabemowin is spelled using Latin characters.

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PL1 said:
Because that's the way Anishinaabemowin is spelled using Latin characters.

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I realize, but this is a Roman alphabet introduced by the europeans as they took over North American and used to spell a language which was spoken. We could say "that is the latin spelling of Biidaasige" and translate it to English "Beedaaseegay". We convert things in other languages to English readable words all the time. Putting ビダアシゲ into google gets a better pronunciation than typing Biidaasige.
 
PL1 said:
Because that's the way Anishinaabemowin is spelled using Latin characters.

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Ok, I'm being a bit pedantic, I admit it...............but .....I feel like it must be said...

Anishinaabemowin has no alphabet or written composition of its own.

It was an oral language, and it was largely translated by Frederic Baraga in the early to mid 19thC - he, a Slovenian Roman Catholic Priest.

So it is to Mr. Baraga who we owe an 'interpretation' of how to spell words from this language.

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It should be noted, In English we don't retain most original country or place names from foreign languages.

We say Germany, the Germans say 'Deutchland'.

We say Spain; the Spanish say 'Espana'

We say Italy, the Italians say 'Italia'

So there would nothing uniquely pejorative or insulting about making a pronunciation easier to the English ear.

This habit, by the way is not unique to the English...........

In a majority of European countries, Canada is spelled Kanada. As the C is not hard in many languages.

France, of course, spells the United States; Etas Unis, by literally translating the words, rather than assuming it is is a proper name.

Meanwhile......in Italy the City is Firenze; we call it Florence, and the Germans call it Florenz.

None of which is to waste time arguing the merits of the choice here, but merely to note, the spelling and pronunciation in most languages of most words from other languages is actually written and spelled by the receiving or translating party, not the originating one.
 
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The sidewalk along the north side of Lake Shore Blvd East from The Don Roadway to Booth Avenue is basically done. There is one small gap where construction vehicles enter and exit a small supply yard and the Booth Avenue corner still needs to be done. I believe they are waiting for Booth Avenue to Carlaw to be ready to go first. They are now working on that stretch as well with all the junk removed from the gutter.

The Don Roadway and Lake Shore Blvd East Intersection...

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The only gap in the walkway leading into a construction storage area...

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Booth Avenue corner (West Side)...

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Booth Avenue corner (East Side towards Carlaw)...

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And they seem to have planted even more trees on the north side, along the sidewalk, over the winter. Some still have their tags on them...

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GameOnBrad said:
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I'm really looking forward to walking this section when the vegetation is all leafed out in late May/early June.

GameOnBrad said:
And they seem to have planted even more trees on the north side, along the sidewalk, over the winter. Some still have their tags on them...

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I love Yellow Birch........... but its not a particularly urban tolerant species, its also fussy about soil moisture levels, and its at risk for Birch Borer. I hope they didn't over do it with them. Great if they succeed, but would not have been in my top 10 list for this site.

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I would be remiss not to thank @GameOnBrad for his fine photo spreads and insights in so many threads! Great Work!
 
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Feb 26
Lake Shore is still a mess with a few close off intersections as well the no left turn at the new Don Roadway/DVP intersection. Every west of the DVP intersection is still reduce to two lanes

The Don Roadway/DVP intersection doesn't looks like its 100% complete

Since it was late at night, hard to see what needs to be done to get everything open.
 
I mean they should plant Silver Birches instead. With enough dogs in this city it will soon turn to "Yellow"... >.<
 
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