The slash may also be part of many shortened names (in France):
Neuilly sur Seine -> Neuilly s/ Seine

A long "em dash" (U+2014) may be used not to mix with the basic short one.
Have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash

We add a recent (long) talk about all dash types on talk-fr ;)


2012/12/3 Martin Koppenhöfer <[email protected]>:
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> Am 03/dic/2012 um 02:57 schrieb Clay Smalley <[email protected]>:
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>> In that case, for line placement, I suggest using " - " in between the names 
>> in different languages, e.g. "Rue des Bouchers - Beenhouwersstraat". That's 
>> what's done in the name=* tag in many bilingual places like Brussels.
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>
> I'd prefer the slash "/" because the dash is part of many names.
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> Cheers,
> Martin
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