#97462
03/03/2003 4:14 PM
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or Sr. or III? I've seen it called a suffix but I seem to recall a specific word for it.
Thanks,
Mac
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#97463
03/03/2003 4:17 PM
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Carpal Tunnel
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Welcome!
An abbrev. praps?
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#97464
03/03/2003 4:31 PM
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stranger
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hi, thanks.
and, well, they are abbrvs. but I could swear I'd seen a word to describe those kinds of add-on. Like honorific...
Mac
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#97465
03/03/2003 4:41 PM
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Pooh-Bah
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Hi Mac,
I have seen them called surname suffixes by genealogists, but no special term such as you are looking for.
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#97466
03/03/2003 4:52 PM
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addict
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Hello Mac!
The only word that immediately comes to mind is, title.
I have a feeling that there is a more flowery term than this, but I cannot recollect it offhand. An appellation, maybe?
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#97467
03/03/2003 5:10 PM
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Actually®, I call them 'Grandfather, Dad and Smiley'.
I fully understand your question now... I truly thought you were asking about 'Senior' or 'Illinois'... not that 2/4ths of me wuzn't kidding before, but.
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#97468
03/03/2003 6:10 PM
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Stylebooks refer to them as "titles of lineage." Don't know if that's the technical term, but.
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#97469
03/03/2003 6:23 PM
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not that 2/4ths of me wuzn't kidding before, but.
Musick, you've got music on your brain! Ruh roh, I f'rgot: you're supposed to!
Mac, welcome to the loony house. I tried looking up an answer for you; no luck, but I found this description: the naming company is Namebase Naming Company Naming Companies Names
Provides brand naming, positioning, brand strategy and trademark services services.
(If anybody thinks this is an advertisement, tell me and I'll delete it.)
Hmm--just found a site that calls them suffixes. I'm not sure that there's not another option.
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#97470
03/03/2003 6:43 PM
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Thanks all. I think I was wrong about there being a word. Hey... it's a neologistic opportunity, right?
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#97471
03/04/2003 2:28 AM
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old hand
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Hey... it's a neologistic opportunity, right?I think I'm in love....   Welcome aBoard, Mac!
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#97472
03/04/2003 6:46 PM
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Just for the rippin' hell of it, I looked this up in Anglo American Cataloguing Rules, 2nd ed. (I have to consult that indispensible volume frequently, because I am a cataloger in A Major Research Library) and it referred to those things as being in the category of "certain other terms following names". Somehow, I don't think that expression is going to gain much currency.
But isn't it terrifying to know there is an entire big fat book delineating the rules for cataloging books? And that there is an even fatter one called LCRI (Library of Congress Rule Interpretations) that explains them in a way that makes them even more confusing?
Yes, we've come a long way since the messy old days of consulting a haruspex. No more offal truth for librarians.
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#97473
03/04/2003 7:00 PM
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Hey! It takes guts to be a haruspex.
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#97474
03/04/2003 7:48 PM
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Reminds me of one of my favorite bumper stickers. "If you're not confused, you just
don't understand the situation."
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