On Mon, Dec 09, 2013 at 10:06:45PM +0100, André Pirard wrote: > On 2013-12-09 14:43, Jo wrote : > > Hi, > > > > While adding bus stops, I'm inclined to expand the abbreviations. This > > usually makes sense for > > O.L.V (Onze-Lieve-Vrouw) > > St. -> Sint- or straat > > H. -> Heilig > > ... > > > > Where I'd really prefer not to expand: > > > > OCMW / CPAS > > P&R > > BLOSO > I think one must distinguish an *acronym*, which is a *proper noun* > (normally preceded by "the") and is the *established* name of a single > thing, from one or several abbreviated *common noun(s) *(normally > preceded by 'a') which is/are the name(s) of a category of many things. > The acronym is normally written without dots, the abbreviation with > dots, so, if that rule is respected, our rule would come down to: don't > use dots.
I would also say that things like "OCMW" always pronounced like that, I would never says "O.L.V." or "St.". I think the rule should be is that we write it like we pronounce it, which would give different results for things like "U.Z." than the no dot rule. Kurt _______________________________________________ Talk-be mailing list Talk-be@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be
