writersoul, he himself referred to himself primarily by his English, not Hebrew, name and that was how most of his contemporaries, both other rabbis and his students, primarily referred to him as. When an equal (i.e. another Rabbi) would speak to him, he would call him JB. The objection is when one refers to him without his rabbinic title, not when one uses his English initials in liue of his first name – which is exactly how he preferred it and referred to himself. (Like you said, referring to him as RJBS isn’t different than referring to Rav Moshe as RMF in writing.)
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