RE: [PHP] Streets
| From: | Ford, Mike [LSS] | Date: | Tue, 06 May 2003 13:37:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Streets | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Irwin [mailto:bob@staff.pnc.com.au]
> Sent: 05 May 2003 03:19
>
> A few weeks ago I asked if anyone had a list of street abbreviations.
>
> I just found a pretty big list (while trying to interpret
> some of those I
> got :P).
>
> http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/abbr_suffix.txt
>
> Someone might find that helpful!
Helpful, maybe -- but still not by any means globally definitive, even in
the Anglophone world! Just on a quick look, I found 4 names in common use
hereabouts that aren't in that list. (Croft, Fold, Garth, Grange.)
Cheers!
Mike
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