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Old Posted Feb 11, 2020, 8:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Acajack View Post
That makes sense.

I doubt a name that sounds resolutely French with no English equivalent would be a winner in that market. Spanish is neutral.

Ottawa is a majority anglophone city by a good margin, and while it did go through a fairly long era of fetishizing many things French (that's when buildings like Place de Ville, L'Esplanade Laurier, La Promenade, Place Bell, etc. got their names), that era came to an end around 1990.
With the completion of the very anglophone Constitution Square, Heritage Place and the World Exchange Plaza (ok, maybe we have to go back to 85'-86').
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