Bonehead Question about Goblet of Fire

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No: HPFGUIDX 127589


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Karen Barker" 
<karenabarker at y...> wrote:
> 
> Julie wrote:
> > Second, first and last names appear on the map even though they
> > are addressed by either their first name only or by Professor
> > ____.  Third, my mother-in-law does refer to my husband as 
> > "David Junior" even though David Senior passed away 13 years 
> > ago.  So, I still wonder why the "Jr." was not on the map.
> 
> 
> Basically because calling yourself John Smith Jr is an Americanism.  
> We do not use this term at all in the UK and the series is set in 
> Britain and written by a British woman.  The use of "Jr" is so far 
> removed from British usage that I doubt if it even crossed JKR's 
> mind.
> 
> Karen

Thanks for the cultural insight.  How is referred to in the British 
version of the book?

Julie