Timeline for Omitting the full stops after middle initials in BrE
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| Apr 11, 2017 at 12:42 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Feb 19, 2015 at 23:06 | answer | added | Robert | timeline score: -3 | |
| Apr 25, 2014 at 19:18 | answer | added | MrHen | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 2:04 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | As I understand it, the full stops/periods indicate that the letters are abbreviations for the full name. For example, U.F.O is unidentified flying object. The fact is, however, that some (or many) prefer to write it as UFO because it is quicker to type, it looks neater, or people have stopped saying its full term and simply spell out the initials. It's my suspect that if one omits the full stops the letters CJ could be construed as being the person's first name; i.e. Cee Jay. | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 1:51 | history | asked | whippoorwill | CC BY-SA 3.0 |