alt Hacker News> For example, the "Headingley Gaol" near Winnipeg.
Fellow Winnipeger here! I remember driving by that sign as a kid and being baffled by that word.
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Rendello • last Wednesday at 12:51 AM
I stayed in the Ottawa Jail Hostel in the former Carleton County Gaol. The receptionist sure acted like a warden.
Canada is not just english-speaking, but also french speaking. We have TWO national languages, with equal importance.
This being said, I would suspect the english word gaol comes from the french word geôle.