Does the product word "Dr. Pepper" have a period?

looney_tunes

Their official website does not use a period - they refer to Dr Pepper, both in their logo and in text. http://www.drpepper.com/ Nov 22 08, 1:00 AM

Buddy1

Not according to the official website. http://www.drpepper.com/ Nov 22 08, 1:01 AM

zbeckabee

There is no period after the "Dr" in Dr Pepper, and there hasn't been since 1950 when the company adopted a new slanted block-style font. The lower case "r" was formed by a slanted line with a dot at the upper right. When combined with a period, the whole thing looked like Di:Pepper, which just wouldn't do. They solved the problem by dropping the period. http://www.texascooking.com/features/jul99drpepper.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper Nov 22 08, 8:18 AM

Baloo55th

Strictly, there shouldn't be a stop in Dr, Mr or Mrs . There should in Rev., Capt. and etc. . The stop indicates missing letters at the end of a word. Missing letters inside a word are shown by ' . Thus Rev'd with no stop. This isn't done with two or three letter abbreviations, as it would look clumsy (D'r, M'r, and M'r's). Missing letters at the start are ' marked. Examples: 'til for until (but there is till with double l and no '), 'tis. Exceptions to the 2/3 letter rule: I'm, I've, I'd. Source: long professional experience. Nov 22 08, 11:33 AM

zbeckabee

NOTE to Baloo's post: ...many Britons were more scrupulous at maintaining the French form. In French, the period only follows an abbreviation if the last letter in the abbreviation is not the last letter of its antecedent: "M." is the abbreviation for "monsieur" while "Mme" is that for "madame". Like many other cross-channel linguistic acquisitions, many Britons readily took this up and followed this rule themselves, while the Americans took a simpler rule and applied it rigorously. In other words, Dr., Mrs., Mr. and Ms. are all considered correct in the U.S. -- And a period is required. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbreviation#History Nov 22 08, 6:02 PM