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Topics related to given names, surnames, and linguistic aspects of naming in English.
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How to capitalize number in a persons name?
"Richard the Second" (your number 2) is perfectly correct. Have a look at this: http://www.sirbacon.org/graphics/richard2.gif
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How to write Vietnamese names in English correctly? ("Việt Nam" to "Vietnam" or "Viet Nam"?)
Nguyễn Ngọc Hà and others have stated the case for omitting all diacritics when spelling Vietnamese names in a non-linguistic English context. I do not see any justification for rearranging the order …
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Last names that are English words with an extra 'e'
All of these words are often spelt with final -e in pre-modern English when used as common nouns or adjectives. As family names they have simply retained their older spelling.
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