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Character is called by their first initial. How do I write it?
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A character's name starts with a hard G, as in Gary.
Another character (dismissively) calls him by his first initial "G", said with a soft G, as in gee whiz.
I've been using the letter G, but it's giving me the willies in formatted text. I don't know that it's wrong, but it pings wrong to my eye. Is it better to spell it out, like a nickname?
How do I write it?
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A character's name starts with a hard G, as in Gary.
Another character (dismissively) calls him by his first initial "G", said with a soft G, as in gee whiz.
I've been using the letter G, but it's giving me the willies in formatted text. I don't know that it's wrong, but it pings wrong to my eye. Is it better to spell it out, like a nickname?
How do I write it?
naming
asked 8 hours ago
wetcircuitwetcircuit
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The only examples I can think of are M and Q from James Bond…, but it's not really their names, more like spycodes.
– wetcircuit
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A character's name starts with a hard G, as in Gary.
Another character (dismissively) calls him by his first initial "G", said with a soft G, as in gee whiz.
I've been using the letter G, but it's giving me the willies in formatted text. I don't know that it's wrong, but it pings wrong to my eye. Is it better to spell it out, like a nickname?
How do I write it?
naming
asked 8 hours ago
wetcircuitwetcircuit
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A character's name starts with a hard G, as in Gary.
Another character (dismissively) calls him by his first initial "G", said with a soft G, as in gee whiz.
I've been using the letter G, but it's giving me the willies in formatted text. I don't know that it's wrong, but it pings wrong to my eye. Is it better to spell it out, like a nickname?
How do I write it?
naming
naming
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wetcircuitwetcircuit
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wetcircuitwetcircuit
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asked 8 hours ago
wetcircuitwetcircuit
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wetcircuitwetcircuit
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The only examples I can think of are M and Q from James Bond…, but it's not really their names, more like spycodes.
– wetcircuit
8 hours ago
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The only examples I can think of are M and Q from James Bond…, but it's not really their names, more like spycodes.
– wetcircuit
8 hours ago
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The only examples I can think of are M and Q from James Bond…, but it's not really their names, more like spycodes.
– wetcircuit
8 hours ago
The only examples I can think of are M and Q from James Bond…, but it's not really their names, more like spycodes.
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I don't think you need to expand it, but you can. Anyone who goes by two initials is usually called "P.J." or "PJ" in writing. Anecdotally, I knew a guy who went by G (for Gerard), and written down it was always G. That said, we weren't in the habit of transcribing our conversations.
If you don't want it to be just the letter G, I'd recommend writing it out as Gee, which is the (pretty) standard formal spelling of the name of the letter G. For more information on the names of letters in English, see:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268725/is-there-a-formal-spelling-for-the-english-letter-names
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You'd write it by spelling out the letter. In this case, that might be "Yo, Gee, you idiot!" or something similar. This is, not surprisingly, the same way you'd write someone reading a single letter or reading something like a serial code character by character (assuming the character doing so isn't trained to use a phonetic alphabet).
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I would write it G, but you could write it Gi or Gee, if you like either of those better. This may be a "matter of opinion" question.
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I don't think you need to expand it, but you can. Anyone who goes by two initials is usually called "P.J." or "PJ" in writing. Anecdotally, I knew a guy who went by G (for Gerard), and written down it was always G. That said, we weren't in the habit of transcribing our conversations.
If you don't want it to be just the letter G, I'd recommend writing it out as Gee, which is the (pretty) standard formal spelling of the name of the letter G. For more information on the names of letters in English, see:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268725/is-there-a-formal-spelling-for-the-english-letter-names
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I don't think you need to expand it, but you can. Anyone who goes by two initials is usually called "P.J." or "PJ" in writing. Anecdotally, I knew a guy who went by G (for Gerard), and written down it was always G. That said, we weren't in the habit of transcribing our conversations.
If you don't want it to be just the letter G, I'd recommend writing it out as Gee, which is the (pretty) standard formal spelling of the name of the letter G. For more information on the names of letters in English, see:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268725/is-there-a-formal-spelling-for-the-english-letter-names
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I don't think you need to expand it, but you can. Anyone who goes by two initials is usually called "P.J." or "PJ" in writing. Anecdotally, I knew a guy who went by G (for Gerard), and written down it was always G. That said, we weren't in the habit of transcribing our conversations.
If you don't want it to be just the letter G, I'd recommend writing it out as Gee, which is the (pretty) standard formal spelling of the name of the letter G. For more information on the names of letters in English, see:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268725/is-there-a-formal-spelling-for-the-english-letter-names
answered 8 hours ago
wordsworthwordsworth
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I don't think you need to expand it, but you can. Anyone who goes by two initials is usually called "P.J." or "PJ" in writing. Anecdotally, I knew a guy who went by G (for Gerard), and written down it was always G. That said, we weren't in the habit of transcribing our conversations.
If you don't want it to be just the letter G, I'd recommend writing it out as Gee, which is the (pretty) standard formal spelling of the name of the letter G. For more information on the names of letters in English, see:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/268725/is-there-a-formal-spelling-for-the-english-letter-names
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You'd write it by spelling out the letter. In this case, that might be "Yo, Gee, you idiot!" or something similar. This is, not surprisingly, the same way you'd write someone reading a single letter or reading something like a serial code character by character (assuming the character doing so isn't trained to use a phonetic alphabet).
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You'd write it by spelling out the letter. In this case, that might be "Yo, Gee, you idiot!" or something similar. This is, not surprisingly, the same way you'd write someone reading a single letter or reading something like a serial code character by character (assuming the character doing so isn't trained to use a phonetic alphabet).
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You'd write it by spelling out the letter. In this case, that might be "Yo, Gee, you idiot!" or something similar. This is, not surprisingly, the same way you'd write someone reading a single letter or reading something like a serial code character by character (assuming the character doing so isn't trained to use a phonetic alphabet).
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You'd write it by spelling out the letter. In this case, that might be "Yo, Gee, you idiot!" or something similar. This is, not surprisingly, the same way you'd write someone reading a single letter or reading something like a serial code character by character (assuming the character doing so isn't trained to use a phonetic alphabet).
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I would write it G, but you could write it Gi or Gee, if you like either of those better. This may be a "matter of opinion" question.
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I would write it G, but you could write it Gi or Gee, if you like either of those better. This may be a "matter of opinion" question.
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I would write it G, but you could write it Gi or Gee, if you like either of those better. This may be a "matter of opinion" question.
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The only examples I can think of are M and Q from James Bond…, but it's not really their names, more like spycodes.
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