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Normandy map village names accuracy


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As french guy I can't stop smiling when reading some inaccurate village names on Normandy map. I think this could be easily fixed. I have not found all of them but here are some examples with the accurate name on the right side.

- mispelling :

   - Sainte Laurent sur Mer -> Saint Laurent sur Mer

   - Bretteville el'orgueilleuse -> Bretteville l'orgueilleuse

   - St Mere Eglise -> Ste Mere Eglise

   - St Marie du Mont -> Ste Marie du Mont

   - Crevecceur en Auge -> Crevecoeur en Auge

- totally wrong name :

   - La Vailee -> Aure sur Mer

   - Rue Vilaine (which means "bad street" in French) -> Saint Sylvain

 

in a more general way the word "Saint" seems to trigger a lot of mispelling issues. It should be written this way :

- before a masculine word (like "Laurent", "Michel" or "Sylvain") : "Saint" or "St"

- before a feminine word (like "Marie", "Mere" or "Marguerite") : "Sainte" or "Ste"

 

So as to avoid me a mouth cramp due to smiling too much, I would appreciate these mispellings to be fixed.

 

Kind regards from France

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