Re: OT St. German Re: Homosexuality and gender identity

Tristan McLeay scripsit:

> Had I meant 'Saint German', I would've written 'St German' (standard
> doesn't end in a T but saint does, hence the use of dots). I didn't see
> the ambiguity :)
North American English doesn't have that rule:  we (conservatively) write
"Mr." for "Mister", "Dr." for "Doctor", and "St." for "Saint".
I thought you might possibly be referring to Saint-Germain.

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