> Richard is often abbreviated to Dick in English usage. > No idea what the origin is - lost in the mists of time. > > So, if you get > initial = D > given = Richard > > you don't know that the D is an abbreviation for Richard. > And if you do know that it is, there's no way to say so
Well, is there a *need* to say so ? What's fundamentally wrong with just storing the D as a second first name along with Richard ? I probably am too much of a pragmatist. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 - If you have any questions about using this list, please send a message to d.lloyd at openehr.org
