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Should john v read V as the family name, as JOHN V and john x do? #721
In a name written wholly in lower case, a final v is still read as a generational suffix even when no word is left for the family name:
>>>parse("john v") # given 'john', suffix 'v', family '' (reports given-or-family)>>>parse("JOHN V") # given 'JOHN', family 'V' (reports suffix-or-name)>>>parse("john x") # given 'john', family 'x' (reports suffix-or-name)>>>parse("john i") # given 'john', family 'i' (reports conjunction-or-initial)
rules/S10 (the trailing roman numeral, #718/#719) says a one-letter numeral needs a word to spare, and that a name written in one case says nothing about any letter in it. john v is the one spelling that skips the count. Lowercase v is a listed suffix word and isn't initial-shaped, so the trailing walk takes it as an ordinary suffix word before the numeral fork is reached. i reaches the fork because a one-case i is tagged as an initial (it's also P3's connective). x reaches it because it's in no vocabulary.
The same cause means john smith v reports nothing, while JOHN SMITH V reports suffix-or-name.
Proposed: in a one-case name, send a one-letter numeral to the numeral fork before the suffix-word test, so john v reads family v and john smith v reports. This would retire S10's first Accepted clause. The population that moves is still to be measured.
"john i" reporting conjunction-or-initial seems wrong too because there's nothing for a conjunction to join to there. it should probably report suffix-or-name like the other examples.
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derek73 commentedon Oct 18, 2026
"john i" reporting conjunction-or-initial seems wrong too because there's nothing for a conjunction to join to there. it should probably report suffix-or-name like the other examples.
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