{"id":97,"date":"2007-09-20T00:52:42","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T07:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=97"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:26:55","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:26:55","slug":"english-street-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/09\/20\/english-street-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"English street signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/1410043176\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1159\/1410043176_741b0b4956.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"streetsign2.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even now, <strike>40<\/strike> 30 years (ed&#8212;oops!) after Bill 101 mandated that Montreal conduct its official business in French only, it is not uncommon to find old English or bilingual public signs. Forget the politics; these signs are a fascinating window into Montreal&#8217;s past.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written about Montreal&#8217;s street signs before &#8212; you can find my photos and articles listed under Urbanphoto&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanphoto.net\/blog\/category\/signage\/\">Signage<\/a> category &#8212; but I&#8217;m still finding plenty of nice examples of old or unusual street signs.<\/p>\n<p>The Ste. Catherine St. sign pictured above is particularly interesting because it does not seem to conform to any street sign standard, linguistic or otherwise. Found in Westmount, it is written &#8220;St-Catherine St.,&#8221; using the English abbreviation of &#8220;saint,&#8221; but with a French hyphen instead of an English period. It is also unusual in that it contain an English generic (&#8220;street&#8221;) whereas most Westmount signs omit the generic altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the corner of &#8220;Rue Rose-de-Lima&#8221; and &#8220;Workman St.&#8221; in St. Henri. It&#8217;s a nice example of the old pre-1970s tradition of using a French generic for French street names and an English generic for English names.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/christopherdewolf\/1410043166\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1369\/1410043166_b88fad03d8.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"streetsign1.JPG\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even now, 40 30 years (ed&#8212;oops!) after Bill 101 mandated that Montreal conduct its official business in French only, it is not uncommon to find old English or bilingual public signs. Forget the politics; these signs are a fascinating window into Montreal&#8217;s past. 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