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To: OldPossum
when a man names one of his sons after himself, the kid gets the full name, first, middle and last and a “Jr.” is attached.

Unless you are Barack Obama and you are named Barack H. Obama II.

People think the II is just a fancy way of indicating Jr. It's not. Maybe Obama's parents (whoever they were) thought II sounded more distinguished than Jr. They obviously were misinformed.

The II is reserved for naming a child after someone who is not the father. It was useful when many of an extended family lived in one house. A child might be named after a grandfather or an uncle and the II was appended to his name to identify the younger person.

76 posted on 06/07/2013 7:19:06 PM PDT by ladyjane (For the first time in my life I am not proud of my country.)
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To: ladyjane

It’s even worse when it gets into III, IV or V. Yikes! C’mon folks, use some imagination!


81 posted on 06/07/2013 7:25:57 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: ladyjane

Re your post 76, thanks for pointing that out. Most people assume that Jr. and II are interchangeable.


91 posted on 06/07/2013 8:10:43 PM PDT by OldPossum
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