A related issue is whether to use initials at all. I really
do not like if people write my name with initials, and
I think it is commonplace in Denmark not to use initials.
A quick glance in the local telephone book gives that
most people do not just give initials there (while some do)
while eg in a dutch telephone book most people are listed
just with their initials, both for the first name and middle names.
And US citizens often use initials for their middle name (and sometimes
they do not have more than the initial, the initial does not stand for
something:-) while they spell out their first name.
Keld
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