[OSM-talk] shortened names

[Robin Paulson]

On 27 July 2011 12:40, Ed Loach <ed at loach.me.uk> wrote:
> like S St N on Google where they've abbreviated South Street North,
> for example, which just looks silly). This seems to agree with
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:name#Notes

ha, there's a road near me labelled on sign posts as:
Grt Sth Rd

which must be so easy to interpret for all the none-native english speakers

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