[Talk-us] More road name expansion thoughts

[Minh Nguyen]

On 2014-07-19 14:46, Mike N wrote:
>    St / Saint on a prefix can be so specialized that only a local could
> sort it out.   I suspect that most of the unusual cases would be too
> complicated for MapRoulette because of the need to consult with a
> governmental reference.

Or a historian. In the Midwest, "St. Clair" could either refer to the 
saint or to Arthur St. Clair, whose name wasn't "Arthur Saint Clair". 
(See [1].) I often put the "Saint" misspelling in alt_name, since the 
etymology isn't always clear to people searching the map. Unfortunately, 
that still leaves an ambiguous name for text-to-speech. Too bad there 
isn't software support for name:pronunciation or name:ipa.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_%28surname%29

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