Tutorial: How to use my name
My French name can cause certain troubles due to its length and non-conformance to
common beliefs about names, so let me explain how to parse it and quote it when necessary.
Common use cases
In an email:
Dear Dr. de Carnavalet...
In a paper:
Carnavalet et al. showed that...
as shown by Carnavalet et al....
Summary
Pronunciation (IPA)
\ɡza.vje dø kaʁ.ne dø kaʁ.na.va.le\
Explanations
My name is:
Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet
from which the first name is:
Xavier
and the last name is:
de Carné de Carnavalet
that you might also see contracted as:
de Carné-Carnavalet
(yes, my last name starts with a lowercase, read the article from the link in my first sentence if you don't trust me)
which can be divided as a first part:
de Carné
and second/last part:
de Carnavalet
These two tricky "de" are called particles (like van, von, etc.) and there are certain rules that apply when using such name in a sentence.
There are two general rules you should be aware of:
Below are the specific rules you may be searching for:
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Quoting the full name
No problem here, just use the full name.
- HTML example:
<html>Xavier de Carné de Carnavalet is a researcher...</html>
- BibTeX examples:
author = {Xavier de Carn\'{e} de Carnavalet}
author = {de Carn\'{e} de Carnavalet, X. and ...}
- BibTeX trick for some journals (when \cite outputs [Name] instead of [1]):
author = {Carnavalet, Xavier de Carn\'{e} de and ...}
Note: This will also sort the name in a correct alphabetic order (under "C" instead of "D")
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Quoting the last name only, including a title
When quoting the last name with a title (mister, Mr, etc.), just use the last name.
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Quoting the last name only, without title
When quoting the last name alone, you drop the first "de".