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Why does SMITH VD MA, JOHN read family SMITH MA with VD as a suffix? #573

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When a name is written in one case, a particle that is also a credential (vd, mc) gets pulled out of the middle of a family name or a given part. That leaves a family name that isn't in source order. #554 settled that these words count as credentials after a comma. These shapes are different: one is before the comma, the other is in the given part's trailing slot. The writing that #554 treated as decisive (uniform case) is exactly where they break.

text today
Smith vd Ma, John family Smith vd Ma
SMITH VD MA, JOHN / lowercase family SMITH MA, suffix VD, no report
Doe, Jane PhD vd Ma middle vd Ma, suffix PhD, no report
DOE, JANE PHD VD MA / lowercase family VD DOE, suffix PHD, MA, suffix-or-name ×2
Smith, vd Ma family Smith vd Ma, suffix-or-name
SMITH, VD MA / lowercase family SMITH VD, suffix MA, suffix-or-name

(mc reads exactly the same way in every row.)

Found while settling #554, with all rows measured on master fc682e3.

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