[Ansteorra] Ansteorra Digest, Vol 14, Issue 38

[Michael Silverhands]

On Jun 18, 2007, at 1:58 AM, Richard and Dee Springer wrote:

> I believe that the Sr. suffix at the end of the mundane name  
> mentioned may be the commonly used abbreviation for "Senior",  not  
> a reference to mundane military rank at all. :) If there is a child  
> who bears the same name as a father,  they may use the abbreviation  
> Jr. as a suffix to their name.
>

Excellent point, Rainault. On re-reading, I see the likelihood of  
this explanation.

> I could be wrong, as I'm only an inbound newbie,and don't know the  
> gentlemen who made either post, but it's a commonly used  
> abbreviation and often refers to the paternal/child relationship  
> instead of any military rank.
>
> Rainault

You make another good point. :-)

That being: it's all too easy (for any of us) to hurry to the  
keyboard and guess at an answer, when the person who *knows* the  
answer could tell us *definitively*... if we would just wait a little  
while to find out. Something which we all could bear remembering from  
time to time on this list. ;-)

Kind regards,
Michael