You should use the full name, software can reduce it later. Point Johnson and Port Johnson could both be abbreviated Pt Johnson. Especially when you get into multiple languages, it's far better to let the software abbreviate it later.
<br><br>~Cameron<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 28/11/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Matt White</b> <<a href="mailto:mattwhite@iinet.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">What's the consensus on using 'Street' or 'St' for the road types. I've been
<br>using St, Av, Ct etc sometimes, Street and Avenue at others, but the<br>programmer in me says that's bad, and I should be using Street and Avenue<br>etc because it's unambiguous....<br><br>Is there an official line?
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