[OSM-talk] Apostrophist corrects punctuation on street signs

David Earl david at frankieandshadow.com
Wed Nov 11 16:23:26 GMT 2009


On 11/11/2009 16:17, Andy Robinson (blackadder-lists) wrote:
> and other punctuation (eg St. to St as an abbreviation for
> Saint). 

St. is wrong anyway - strictly speaking there should only be a period 
after an abbreviation where letters are omitted, hence
   St. for st...reet
   St for S...ain...t
   Dr, Mr for D...octo...r, M...iste...r
   Rev. for Rev...erend
   Blvd for boulevard
   Ho. for Ho...use

David






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