Talk:Post-nominal letters

The article should IMO state what countries use such a convention. To this Frenchman, post-nominal letters look strange when first encountered, if not bragging. :) Leafcat (talk) 07:28, 29 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it makes sense to merge this article with the "Post-nomial" article. In fact,is there even such a word as "nomial"???

I'm not aware of any such word - I get the impression the article was created as a result of a mis-spelling?Michael Dorosh^Talk 15:03, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone know if a right is granted to use and award post-nominal letters? Is it by a Government, or can an individual choose to add letters after his name (eg a new combination of his/her own choosing)?

The letters that refer to the various British honors are obviously "granted" by the British government, and using them without permission might very well be a criminal offense. Similarly, some U.S. states prohibit the use of Esq. for anyone who is not a lawyer. I don't know what you mean by "his/her own choosing". If I want to refer to myself as "John Smith, ABCDEFG", then I guess no one is going to arrest me...but what is the point? 209.92.136.131 21:12, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What if you have a BSc(Hons) and a MSc? Which do you use then? Can you use both? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.189.120.153 (talk) 01:45, 27 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

at your local

Letters are listed in the following order after the person's name in the UK (other locals follow similarly):

I guess that the parenthesis means "similar rules are followed in other locales (countries)"; but I hesitate to correct it lest I've missed something. —Tamfang (talk) 03:50, 23 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bug or feature?

I don't understand "2. Decorations and honours and decorations (in descending order of precedence)." I would delete "and decorations" were it not for the possibility I'm overlooking something. --Vaughan Pratt (talk) 03:07, 10 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Usage

Quote: "Awards from the same faculty replace lower-ranking degrees". This is not supported by the Oxford Calendar (referenced as Note 2). While the Oxford Calendar states that BA MA should be avoided, this is because in the case of Oxford (and Cambridge and Trinity Dublin)the BA and MA refer to the SAME degree. Oxford BAs can usually convert to MA (referred to as incepting)after a period of time, without further study or examination. This is in contrast to most other British universities where, currently, an MA is a further or higher degree awarded after further study and examination (often part taught, part research). Oxbridge do offer such higher degrees, for example MPhil. The Scottish universities award an MA as a first degree in arts subjects (but don't award a BA as a stage to MA). For an Oxford Graduate to place BA MA after their names would imply two degrees when it is in fact only one. Carelessorc (talk) 15:01, 2 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]