[Talk-us] Fixing TIGER street name abbreviations

[Anthony]

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Mike N <niceman at att.net> wrote:
> On 5/10/2012 10:19 PM, Anthony wrote:
>>
>> What I'm questioning is why it doesn't apply.  If the people call it
>> "Whatever Ave", shouldn't the data read "Whatever Ave"?
>
>
>  Most of the US wouldn't call it 'Whatever Ave'; when spoken, it would be
> 'Avenue'.  Having it expanded makes programs with spoken directions much
> more accurate.

Depends on what street you're talking about.  I've certainly lived in
places where the vast majority of the locals called it "Whatever Ave",
and not "Whatever Avenue".  Most of the US...wouldn't talk about the
street at all.

>  The only question is what to do about those cases where it's only referred
> to locally as 'Ave', and the postal service would refuse letters addressed
> to 'Avenue'.

The postal service would refuse letters addressed to "Avenue" in some instances?