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From: bct@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Brian Tompsett)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Standardizing Email?
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Date: 1 Sep 88 09:48:48 GMT
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In article <27078@think.UUCP> barmar@kulla.think.com.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
>In article <738@etive.ed.ac.uk> jcb@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Julian Bradfield) writes:
>>Well, without thinking about it, I can come up with the following
>>problems: how would you deal with
>>
>>The Duke of Bedford
>> (English peers have surnames, but don't use them)
>
>If I want to look up the Duke of Bedford in a British phone book, what
>do I look for?

 For the curious the following came from the University address list. This 
illustrates how Dukes and Peers and other such personages are listed in
directories:

  Edinburgh, H.R.H. The Prince Phillip, Duke of, K.G., K.T., P.C., O.M.,
    G.B.E., LL.D., F.R.S.: Chancellor

 In other words:
  H.R.H. The Prince Phillip   Duke of   Edinburgh   K.G. etc etc
 ^                        ^  ^       ^ ^         ^ ^            ^
  --- First Name ---------     name?    Last Name   -Titles etc-

 Note that H.D. Edinburgh is not a valid abbreviation,
and nor is "H.R.H The Prince Phillip D. Edinburgh" but
Duke of Edinburgh is valid.

 Also this person DOES have an Electronic mail address. It was the subject of
a case of hacking that was prosecuted recently. I have no idea what his X.400
address is!
  Brian.
> Brian Tompsett. Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh,
> JCMB, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Road, EDINBURGH, EH9 3JZ, Scotland, U.K.
> Telephone:         +44 31 667 1081 x2711.
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