How does your name appear on your card?

JimmyTheWig

DiNZi wrote: »

When I first got my card at 16, it was MR D A M MOOSUN ha ha! I think my Dad must've added my middle name and stuff to it.

What is the "stuff" I wonder?

Is your full name, for example, Dean Andrew Moosun?
In which case I wonder if the form asked for Surname and Initials. Your dad put
Surname: Moosun
Initials: DAM

which is arguably the correct answer, but the form would have meant initials other than surname. Which is why the "M" is in there twice.

mgdavid

Salutation, 3 initials, surname .

Mojisola

marleyboy wrote: »

OMG!!! We must be related :D

Or I'm setting things up to take over your life! :rotfl:

M0ney

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Likewise.
I don't think it is something that you choose.

I got the choice when I applied for my Amex, can't remember if any of the others gave me the option.

I chose the format "Mr John A Smith".

General_Grant

mgdavid wrote: »

Salutation, 3 initials, surname .

What do you and stclair mean by "Salutation"?

I think you mean something like courtesy title (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Miss) as I've never seen a card with a salutation on it.

FireWyrm

Salutation FirstName, Surname....but my firstname is infact a contraction of what it could be. So, for instance (this is not my name) Leigh-Ann is in fact Leigh. It is the name that I am known by. I do insist on being called by my title and surname when the bank calls me...they are not my mates and I refuse to speak to someone who thinks I am by calling me a familiar name.

FireWyrm

General_Grant wrote: »

What do you and stclair mean by "Salutation"?

I think you mean something like courtesy title (Mr, Mrs, Miss, Miss) as I've never seen a card with a salutation on it.

Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr, Prof are all 'saluations' in English. This idea of 'title' is new and only really became common in the last couple of decades. I remember seeing and completing government produced forms when I left school and the box for 'title' was called 'salutation'. In truth, the 'saluation' bit of an address is actually the 'dear' bit of a letter, but it has come to mean both the 'dear' and 'title' together of a letter for instance.

SeduLOUs

Bank cards are always first initial and surname, sometimes with title, sometimes without.

The only thing that includes my middle initial/name is my driving license.

d123

FireWyrm wrote: »

Salutation FirstName, Surname....but my firstname is infact a contraction of what it could be. So, for instance (this is not my name) Leigh-Ann is in fact Leigh. It is the name that I am known by. I do insist on being called by my title and surname when the bank calls me...they are not my mates and I refuse to speak to someone who thinks I am by calling me a familiar name.

Why do you have a salutation? So you card says 'Dear Leigh Smith'?

I don't think the people here using the word know what it means...

FireWyrm wrote: »

Mr, Mrs, Miss, Dr, Prof are all 'saluations' in English. This idea of 'title' is new and only really became common in the last couple of decades. I remember seeing and completing government produced forms when I left school and the box for 'title' was called 'salutation'. In truth, the 'saluation' bit of an address is actually the 'dear' bit of a letter, but it has come to mean both the 'dear' and 'title' together of a letter for instance.

It doesn't have that meaning, from the Oxford Dictionary

salutation
Line breaks: sa¦lu|ta¦tion
Definition of salutation in English:
NOUN

1A gesture or utterance made as a greeting or acknowledgement of another’s arrival or departure:
we greeted them but no one returned our salutations
[MASS NOUN]: he raised his glass in salutation

1.1A standard formula of words used in a letter to address the person being written to:
we would not expect a love letter to include a formal address and salutation

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/salutation

Checked Collins

salutation (ˌsæljʊˈteɪʃən Pronunciation for salutation )

Definitions
noun

an act, phrase, gesture, etc, that serves as a greeting
a form of words used as an opening to a speech or letter, such as Dear Sir or Ladies and Gentlemen
the act of saluting

Word Origin
C14: from Latin salūtātiō, from salūtāre to greet; see salute

http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/salutation?showCookiePolicy=true

EarthBoy

When I first opened an account with Williams & Glyns, many years ago, they displayed my name as Joseph Bloggs Esq on my card and cheque book. Being young and easily impressionable, I used to think that Esq was superior to plain Mr, lol. It stayed as Esq when Williams & Glyns became Royal Bank of Scotland, but I haven't had an account with them for a long time, so I don't know whether they still call customers Esquire these days.