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in reply to a message by Murray
He'd be a III because the Jr. is the second one. The only time you'd use II is if you were naming after a grandfather and there was no Jr.
This message was edited 4/21/2012, 3:30 AM
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or if you wanted to avoid the stigma of a JR.
There was a discussion on the board a while back about how Jrs. tend to be bad students or something like that.
There was a discussion on the board a while back about how Jrs. tend to be bad students or something like that.
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I missed that and don't at all agree with it and didn't know there was even any stigma out there. I've never seen it.
I missed that and don't at all agree with it and didn't know there was even any stigma out there. I've never seen it.
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This comes from research published in 1980 done by Richard Zweigenhaft and his colleagues showing that college men with "Jr." after their names scored significantly lower than those with "II" after their names on scales of "Capacity for Status", "Well-Being", and "Intellectual Efficiency."
The problem seems to be in the word "junior" itself. "Junior" always sounds inferior to "Senior", and especially if the child is called "Junior" as his nickname, that gives the impression that he's someone who's never really going to "grow up" psychologically. The Roman numerals have no such connotation.
The problem seems to be in the word "junior" itself. "Junior" always sounds inferior to "Senior", and especially if the child is called "Junior" as his nickname, that gives the impression that he's someone who's never really going to "grow up" psychologically. The Roman numerals have no such connotation.
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Interesting.
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