On 12 Jan 2007 23:08:13 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert A. Rosenberg) wrote:
>>Assuming that everyone on the planet has exactly one "middle initial". > >I remember a case where the program needed to accept NMI (for No >Middle Initial). Of course Harry S Truman's middle initial was his middle name. Same thing for the stage name of Michael J Fox (who thought the "J" in Michael J. Pollard sounded good). But software keeps putting periods after these initials even though they are not abbreviations. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

