Well, according to this site, it is using Dr. Mr. etc. that is antiquated, so you are backwards again. Or still. It may still be provincial, though - the cite is a UK style guide.
The fact that they can’t make up their mind is a sure sign that grammar and punctuation rules are fast becoming meaningless.
I maintain a database of state data that we report to the federal government. Among the items we report on each of our some 11,000 records are the county numbers. It so happens that we have two counties that are Saints. The state government has them alphabetized by usint “St.”, while the federal government alphabetizes using the spelled out “Saint”. As luck would have it, we have three counties that fall in between “Saint” and “St.” So the counties are in different order depending on if you order by the state convention or the federal convention. I’ve written code more times than I care to to convert the state county to the federal county for various applications, that little discontinuity about the Saints has really been a pain in the butt.
Mercy! Marxxx certainly touched a nerve. That’s a good-sized hubbub over a small style point. Maybe it was a nerve in the terminal digestive port.
St. seems to be an abbreviation for Saint?
so when you see st louis you say saint louis not st louis!!!
my little hometown has an abbreviated name
but the real historical buffs prefer it to be called its correct name
the name wont go on the bus destination roller
fait accompli?
Incidentally, the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team may not have been named after either red-wearing archbishops OR birds; it is often claimed that the name originated from the red color of their uniforms. Nobody really knows for sure, though.
Well, officially, at least, it’s a reference to the color of their uniform.
From the history at the St. Louis Cardinals’ official website here: (Last paragraph - 1899)