• LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 month ago

      Have an old friend/colleague with the last name Oh, share the same first name, so at work we would always say, John S., John D, John O type of deal, for some reaosn it would keep me wondering if we were really saying Oh or O. For him. (John isn’t really the first name, just an example)

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      1 month ago

      S and a dot is just for when you want to abbreviate the S by adding an additional character.