> What about addressing >any mail to: Skol Ober, Gwaremm, Leurven, F-223100 Plufur, Bretagne/Breizh >(/Britanny)? The F- is sufficient to tell the postal system in one's own >country where it's headed and the rest of the post code is for the >sole purpose of helping poor _La Poste_. I usually write Skol Ober Gwaremm Leurven F-223100 Plufur Breizh AN FHRAINC Where FRANCE could be substituted in English if you aren't sending from Ireland. I've sent to the town Kervignag instead of Kervignac, using the Breton spelling, with no trouble as well. I don't know what luck one would have sending to Roazhon instead of Rennes. > A friend mentioned yesterday evening that in the >Republic of Ireland if the post has any difficulty with an address in Irish >it is only allowed to add the English version in pencil, which should then >properly be erased before final delivery. This made me smile. My address in Irish is Port Chaeimhghein I/ochtarach, literally "Lower Kevin's Port", but in English it's "Lower Camden Street". Since the spelling reform it _should_ be written Port Chaoimhi/n I/ocht.", but if I spelt it like that I am sure that everything would be sent off to Kevin Street instead. But in any case I can assure you that "DUBLIN 4" (crossed out) "DUBLIN 14" (crossed out) "BAC 2??" (crossed out) "TRY CAMDEN STREET" appear regularly on my envelopes in dark, obvious ink, with no gracious erasure of pencil. A postman once asked me if I didn't think addressing in Irish was a bit "anachronistic". Pob hwyl, Michael Everson School of Architecture, UCD; Richview, Clonskeagh; Dublin 14; E/ire Phone: +353 1 706-2745 Fax: +353 1 283-8908 Home: +353 1 478-2597