Re: CHAT: Middle Initials

CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU writes:
>I've noticed something. Loads of American names have an initial in the
>middle, like Raymond E Feist, Kathlyn S Starbuck and even our own David E
>Bell. Whereas over here we don't do this. Generally we just ignore our
>middle names, and consequently a random letter in the middle of the name
>looks weird to me. To me Daniel B Jones looks slightly pretentious. So, a
>question for you over on the other side of the pond, why do you do it?
Well, i do it when signing checks because that's what i have at the top of
my checks (in print). Also, a lot of forms ask for your middle initial. I
also like the look and sound of it. It's not something thought about too
much on this side of the pond.

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Yours truly,

Cesar Javier Jaime Garcia