I Learned recently that the “.” After “S” in Harry S Truman is actually unnecessary because his middle name is quite literally “S”. Although trying to find a source to back this claim, seems most sources include, which is confounding. This link discusses it though. https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/harry-truman
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manucode@infosec.pub · 14 pts · 1y
hairy as Truman ≈ not particularly hairy
HairyHarry@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
What?
juliorapido@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 1y
Hi Hairry Hary!
HairyHarry@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Hi Speedy Jules!
putitoutwithyourbootsted@piefed.social · 4 pts · 1y
I Learned recently that the “.” After “S” in Harry S Truman is actually unnecessary because his middle name is quite literally “S”. Although trying to find a source to back this claim, seems most sources include, which is confounding. This link discusses it though. https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/harry-truman
JackLSauce@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
S*
It doesn't stand for anything