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Originally Posted by Acajack
I am pretty sure Guy St. in Kingston was named for Sir Guy Carleton, who was a British governor of Canada I think. So the English Guy pronunciation is the right one. Guy St. in Montreal is said the French way, even by most anglos I think. It was named for the same guy.
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That's what I thought originally, but I heard from a friend of a friend (who is a history professor at Queen's, so I assume he knows his stuff), that it's origin is actually from a Francophone politician in the Province of Canada legislature. I forget who.
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