Ann,

Since St. is an abbreviation of Saint, it's not a matter of one being
correct and the other being wrong, but more a matter of style.

The United States Geological Survey uses the fully spelled out names,
so perhaps it is common practice in that field to do so.  In addition
to the St./Saint issue, there is also Mt./Mount and Ft./Fort, all of
which they fully spell out.

Bob


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Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 05:52
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Subject: [LegacyUG] Geo Location


With all due respect to the folks that prepared the Geo Location part of
Legacy. I see that it has:

Carrizo, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
This should be:
Carrizozo, Otero County, New Mexico, USA

I notice that St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA is Saint Paul, Ramsey
County, Minnesota, USA.

People that live there have told me that it is St. not Saint. I would be
very interested to know which is the correct spelling.

Regards,
Ann in New Mexico
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