On 27 July 2011 21:21, Paul Jaggard <p...@jaggard.net> wrote: >> From: John Smith <deltafoxtrot...@gmail.com> >> The period after St. is the correct way in English to abbreviate >> Saint, where as the abbreviation of street doesn't have a period. > > Exactly the opposite according to my (Collins) dictionary: > > st abbrev. for short ton. > St abbrev. for Saint. > st. abbrev. for stanza, statute, (cricket) stumped by > St. abbrev. for statute, Strait, Street > Sta abbrev. for Saint (female).
Isn't the first reference I was pointed to when this came up some time ago http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/St. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
