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My initials are J.R. In the US, when these are printed after my surname, a lot of people think I'm <surname> Junior.
by KineticLensman 6y ago
My initials are J.R. In the US, when these are printed after my surname, a lot of people think I'm <surname> Junior.
- Symbiote 6y agoThere's a similar effect with the initials D R, M R or M S. In Britain, including a dot after abbreviations is a bit dated — it's UK, USA, NASA, JG Smith Motors Ltd, Mr Jones etc. (American usage seems mixed; I sometimes see "USA" and "U.K." in the same sentence.) That means "Dr Jones", "DR JONES" and "D R JONES" are particularly easy to confuse.