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barf forth apocalyptica => Apocalypse World => Topic started by: Aetius on January 27, 2011, 06:29:22 AM

Title: Small Question on the Quarantine
Post by: Aetius on January 27, 2011, 06:29:22 AM

Good Apocalypse to all.

The name of the Quarantine is:
Specialist [Last Name], [First Name] [MI].

Here in Italy there is a small fuss about what "MI" really means.
Some think that it means Mobile Infantry, others read it as "Middle Initial" so the name of the Quarantine should be "Specialist Donovan, Jenny S."

Can some of you america-born guys enlighten us dumb european about your funny abbreviations? ;-)

Thank you all.

Title: Re: Small Question on the Quarantine
Post by: Chris on January 27, 2011, 08:12:26 AM

Middle initial.

Title: Re: Small Question on the Quarantine
Post by: lumpley on January 27, 2011, 08:41:34 AM

Yep, middle initial.

Title: Re: Small Question on the Quarantine
Post by: Aetius on January 28, 2011, 04:49:29 AM

So... I lost :-P

Thank you Chris, thank you [MI] Vincent ^^

Title: Re: Small Question on the Quarantine
Post by: Johnstone on January 28, 2011, 11:15:57 PM

If a person has no middle name, their middle name/initial is written as NMI, for No Middle Initial.

Edit: I don't know the percentages of people who don't have middle names, though. Probably less than 10% of Americans, at a guess.

Title: Re: Small Question on the Quarantine
Post by: Aetius on January 29, 2011, 05:31:54 PM

In Italy it's the exact opposite ^^
The last bit of information is wonderful.