And it's likely that "King Arthur's Court" has how much resemblance to a
Cul-De-Sac? 🙂
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"Allen Jessup" wrote in message
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I'd start with a call to the local post office and the Emergency services
office. They should have some idea of how it works in your area.
My sister lives in Florida. Her subdivision has a Cypress Circle, a Cypress
Boulevard and a Cypress Court. She lives on Linden Dive. The first left
after Linden Street On Cypress Boulevard East. Needless to say I got lost
the first time I tried to visit.
I find this one funny. We have a subdivision near where I work. The
subdivision is called Camelot. All the roads are named after characters in
King Arthur. of course the Main one is King Arthur's Court! One road is
named Lady Godiva Way. Lady Godiva was famous for riding unclothed through
town as a protest. She's the one Peeping Tom saw. She had nothing to do with
Arthur.
I can just see it. The people responsible for the names are sitting around
going "Now who was the girl Arthur was involved with? I know it began with a
G".
Allen
BTW Guenvevere was her name
"doug k" wrote in message
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Yeah, I already new about avoiding the "sounds-like" thing. Along with
that, one should also avoid confusing names. There is a subdivision here
with all the streets named after authors. One of them is called "R Glad
Way". It is my ongoing misfortune that directions to my house often involve
this road.
I more worried about calling something a lane when it should be a drive, or
whatever.
What I'm really looking for is a documented source that is close to a
national or at least statewide standard (I'm in Pennsylvania). Most
municipalities here don't seem to have a standard (but they do reserve final
approval, of course). Joe's criteria makes sense and I'll use something
similar to that if I can't find anything else.
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"Don Reichle" wrote in message
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And Doug, prepare to have some (maybe most?) of your choices for Street
Names "shot down" unless you 1st go through them looking for a-n-y that bear
a resemblance to existing Street Names.
courts = Cul de sac ( Duhhh.)
Lanes & Ways connect Drives
Drives connect Roads & Avenues
Joe
"doug k" wrote in message
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Compatriots,
Apparently I have been doing this job for so long, I now get to name roads
on occasion (call it a perk).
Anyone have a reference to proper use of terms such as lane, way, court,
ave, road, street, etc....?
For instance, when is a "Smith Way" more appropriate than "Smith Court"? Or
is it all just a personal preference thing?
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