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==task status== |
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What must one do to accomplish the task? It doesn't say. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 13:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC) |
What must one do to accomplish the task? It doesn't say. --[[User:Paddy3118|Paddy3118]] 13:06, 23 March 2013 (UTC) |
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::I have amended the task wording slightly to allow for a small selection of suffixes/honours to suffice for demonstration purposes - feel free to amend further if necessary. --[[User:Toucanbird|Toucanbird]] 19:42, 24 March 2013 (UTC) |
::I have amended the task wording slightly to allow for a small selection of suffixes/honours to suffice for demonstration purposes - feel free to amend further if necessary. --[[User:Toucanbird|Toucanbird]] 19:42, 24 March 2013 (UTC) |
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==post-nominal letters== |
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As far as the problem of the numerous post-nominal letters (honorific, professional, generational, and others ...), |
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most of them have a common identifier (just to list a very small sampling): |
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A.B Atty. B.A. B.E. B.F.A. B.S. B.Sc. B.Tech. C.S.V. CEng. CFA. D.C. D.D. D.O. D.Phil. |
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Dr. e.g. Ed.D. Eng.D. Esq. etc. family. grandfather. herself. himself. II. III. IV. J.D |
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J.D. Jnr. Jr. Junior. K.B.E. L. L.L.B lawyer. LL.D LL.D. LL.M M.A. M.B.A. M.D. M.Eng |
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M.F.A. M.L.A. M.S. M.Sc. Master. MEOA. Minor. Miss. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Mz. nephew. O-3. |
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O.F.M. P.E. P.G. Ph.D. Pharm.D. R.A. R.I.P S. Snr. son. Sr. |
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The REXX entry that I coded tests for the secret character in the last word in the name, and if found, ignores it (elides it from the name). -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 23:27, 12 August 2015 (UTC) |