On: The melancholy decline of the semicolon

[minimilian]

Writing `Mr.' is like writing `3rd.': the point in abbreviations is an ellipsis, but there is nothing after the `r' in `Mister'.

[zozbot234 → minimilian]

Well yes, it should really be Mʳ and 3ʳᵈ. The latter is still in common use, the former not so much.

[minimilian → zozbot234]

Agreed. References to occurrences of M^r are welcome.

[jimmygrapes → minimilian]

M'r?

[elliekelly → jimmygrapes]

This makes the most sense. Like Ma’am for Madam.