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It would be less confusing (to me, possibly others), if you abbreviated Albus Percival Brian Wulfric Dumbledore's name as AD. (My personal preference for APBWD should not be catered to.)
Just call him Heh.
It's APWBD, not APBWD.
Thank you. Alas, my credibility shall be forever tainted.
Nah, if you didn't make mistakes now and then your name wouldn't make any sense.
See: me.
I'd settle for "Albus" or "Dumbledore" too.
Dumbledore is a funny word to type and not easy to look at. I don't want to get it wrong.
I used DD because that's where you speak up when you say it. Is there another character in this story that DD could mean?
Dedalus Diggle?
I bet there won't be need for him in this story. If EY doesn't use an existing character to do something minor that Dedalus Diggle would do, he'll use a cameo.
I don't mind too much. It makes Dumbledore sound like "The Destroyer". Bodes well for the future when he puts on his black hat...
"It makes Dumbledore sound like "The Destroyer"."
How does it do that? There's only one D in "The Destroyer". Is there a character somewhere called The Destroyer whose initials are DD?
In other news, standard Navy designations for battleships are BB, frigates are FF, battle cruisers are CC and submarines are SS.
I thought that it was split into heavy (CA) and light (CL) cruisers, at least back during WW2. Also deviating from the two-letter pattern are carriers (CV) and escort carriers (CVL).
Damn, I really need to get into Gary Grisby's War in The Pacific someday. It's an amazing game, but immense and borderline unplayable, like Dwarf Fortress with you controlling a whole civilization.
No, cruisers are split into battle cruisers (CC), armored (CA), large (CB), light and a couple of others, some of which are even still in use. Pre 1920 cruisers were just "C", destroyers "D" and battleships "B".