On 2014-07-19 14:46, Mike N wrote:
St / Saint on a prefix can be so specialized that only a local could sort it out. I suspect that most of the unusual cases would be too complicated for MapRoulette because of the need to consult with a governmental reference.
Or a historian. In the Midwest, "St. Clair" could either refer to the saint or to Arthur St. Clair, whose name wasn't "Arthur Saint Clair". (See [1].) I often put the "Saint" misspelling in alt_name, since the etymology isn't always clear to people searching the map. Unfortunately, that still leaves an ambiguous name for text-to-speech. Too bad there isn't software support for name:pronunciation or name:ipa.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_%28surname%29 -- m...@nguyen.cincinnati.oh.us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
