Talk:Mr G

First name

Can someone explain where 'HELEN "Greg" Gregson comes into it??

Requested move

Can someone please move this page to "Mr G", as Australian English does not have a full stop after "Mr".

Yes it does, I use it, and anyway, this site is in American English (please correct me if I'm wrong). andrewrox424 ^Bleep 12:35, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

I have put the wheels in motion for this one - @ andrewrox424: this abbreviation is incorrect, you don't use a "." if the last letter is the last letter in the the abbreviation (maybe in USA English but in WP we use Commonwealth English for articles about Commonwealth countries). Anyway, what do you mean you use it? You don't on your userpage. Zarboki (talk) 12:19, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Either is acceptable, but the preferred abbreviation is Mr..-- JediLofty ^{User ¦ Talk} 13:14, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

Erm... did you read the article you cited in the context of this being related to a character from a Commonwealth country? However, in most Commonwealth countries and in Ireland, the abbreviation is usually spelt "Mr", without a period (that is, a full stop), in keeping with the standard practice of those countries. Which, by the way means it is the standard practice in England...Zarboki (talk) 11:21, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Hmm... that's interesting. I think there are errors in that article, then, because I'm from England, and we definitely do use the full stop after Mr. over here!-- JediLofty ^{User ¦ Talk} 09:57, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

You must be one of the few in England that uses '.' after Mr, because most, if not all, publications from the British Isles (incl. England) do not use a full stop with contractions. 203.94.135.134 (talk) 00:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, his 'official' MySpace site calls him Mr G. No full stop after the 'Mr'. So does Chris Lilley's MySpace site. So I think that should settle the argument.

In any case, as far as I'm aware either form of Mr./Mr is acceptable, although in business writing puntuction is not used in titles. And although Australia is a Commonwealth nation (for now!), the notion of 'Commonwealth English' is well and truly obsolete, so citing what is done in England as being the preferred format is irrelevant anyway.121.219.253.234 (talk)nlb80 —Preceding comment was added at 13:26, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

• Support move to Mr G. This is an article about Australian character and therefore should use Australian standards in spelling, grammar, punctuation and abbreviations. 203.94.135.134 (talk) 00:52, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

• Support. Commonwealth English omits the period in this case (although a lot of people dont follow the rule). Specifically, if you contract a word so that it is 'cleanly cut' at that point you use a period, so "St." for Street and "Ave." for Avenue, but "Rd" for Road and "Blvd" for Boulevard. "Mr" is a period-free abbreviation. Callmederek (talk) 18:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:21, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

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