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in reply to a message by Kay England
Proper usage in the US is as follows:
Jr. = named EXACTLY the same as your FATHER
II = named exactly the same as your GRANDFATHER, or some other close male relative senior to you (uncle, great-grandfather -- altho I've never personally seen the "uncle" bit).
These descriptors are supposed to GO AWAY when the person you're named after DIES, but you see people going by "III" or "IV" even when they're 80. Their senior namesakes must be the oldest living people on the planet...
The exception to the above is if you're Royalty (and with luck you'll be seized and hanged in the next Peasants' Revolt, sparing "the commons" the ongoing pretension and expense of your parasitic existence), or if your late predecessor was well-known and there might be confusion (e.g., Freddie Prinze, Jr.).
There's more rules but they're even more boring. Hope that helps.
- Daividh
Jr. = named EXACTLY the same as your FATHER
II = named exactly the same as your GRANDFATHER, or some other close male relative senior to you (uncle, great-grandfather -- altho I've never personally seen the "uncle" bit).
These descriptors are supposed to GO AWAY when the person you're named after DIES, but you see people going by "III" or "IV" even when they're 80. Their senior namesakes must be the oldest living people on the planet...
The exception to the above is if you're Royalty (and with luck you'll be seized and hanged in the next Peasants' Revolt, sparing "the commons" the ongoing pretension and expense of your parasitic existence), or if your late predecessor was well-known and there might be confusion (e.g., Freddie Prinze, Jr.).
There's more rules but they're even more boring. Hope that helps.
- Daividh
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Where can I find the "rules" that you mentioned above?
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