entertainer@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat do you think of generational suffixes (Jr., II, III, etc.)?message-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat do you think of generational suffixes (Jr., II, III, etc.)?entertainer@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square49linkfedilinkfile-text
I’m a “John Smith IV”. My son, due in September, will be a “John Smith V”. Personally, I’m a huge fan of this tradition.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 days ago I’m an IV I like how simply using “an” instead of “a” causes me to read it as I.V. and not 4. So it sounds to me like you started off by introducing yourself as an intravenous system or something.
I like how simply using “an” instead of “a” causes me to read it as I.V. and not 4. So it sounds to me like you started off by introducing yourself as an intravenous system or something.