[Talk-us] Fixing TIGER street name abbreviations

[Anthony]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:33 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ave is a bad example, since it is common to say 'Ave' rather than 'Avenue'.

That's what makes it a *good* example :).

> But I can't think of any other suffixes that are commonly abbreviated in
> speech. Maybe Cir?

If we're dealing with English (which not all US street names are in),
then "Ave" is the only major example I'm aware of.  It's also the only
example I'm aware of *at all*, but I haven't looked through any lists
beyond the most common English abbreviations.