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Re: Slight Tangent

Posted by Joe Pessell on January 18, 2000

In Reply to: Re: Slight Tangent posted by ESC on January 15, 2000


: : : Neither the term 'junior' or 'II' are used in the UK and if there is a rule it is 'don't use that silly American expression'. I sould say that if you refered to a yound person as '******** junior' they would construe it as a term of abuse and punch you on the nose - in impolite society such as down in the public bar at the 'Dog and Duck' pub.

: : : Hope this helps.

: : I don't think you understood the question.
: : How come there was a King Henry V (in England)
: : Remember MASH--Charles Emerson Winchester III

: A baby boy who is given the exact name of his father is a "junior." If the baby is given the name of an uncle, for example, the child is a II. He is a junior only if he is named after his father. Some men drop the "junior" after the "senior" dies. Women usually don't use junior/senior, but I know of one famous family -- Nancy Sinatra Sr. and Jr. -- where the did just that.

I have it from someone I work with (a IV) that his Grandfather was a "junior", but that his father was a "III" and that he is a "IV". I suggested that after "III" was born, "junior" would have become "II"; but he says no, "junior" remained "junior". Additionally, there were others in the family with his name, yet they did not fall under the numbering system because there was a generation between. Hmmm. I guess he would know...