I recently noticed something about some street names, particularly ones in small subdivisions along the route to my current work.
Some of them are odd and look suspiciously like a misspelling (perhaps a transcription error?) of a more common word or name.
Cases in point:
Calis could have been Calais?
Moring could have been Morning or Mooring?
I speculate whether this phenomenon is the origin of odd street names going back who knows how long.
I also speculate whether this will become increasingly rare with the increasing use of electronic data reducing the opportunities for transcription errors.
But if nobody ever checks the names along the way?
