Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down14 cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgSjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square54fedilink cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 hours agoI used to work with a guy that was from China. He only had a first in a last name. He was going to college here and the college required everyone to have a middle initial as part of their login. They just used his last initial as his middle initial.
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 hours agoI knew that middle names are common in the US but I didn’t know it’s so deep in the culture
minus-squareaStonedSanta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 minutes agoOne of those things that’s just normal so we don’t talk about it I guess.
minus-squareluciferofastora@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoIs a middle name mandatory for you?
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 hour agoWhat else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoI don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
minus-squarefeannag@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 hours agoI’ve usually seen NMN used for no middle name.
I used to work with a guy that was from China. He only had a first in a last name. He was going to college here and the college required everyone to have a middle initial as part of their login. They just used his last initial as his middle initial.
I knew that middle names are common in the US but I didn’t know it’s so deep in the culture
One of those things that’s just normal so we don’t talk about it I guess.
Is a middle name mandatory for you?
What else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
I don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
Poor Alex Song (A.S.S.)
I’ve usually seen NMN used for no middle name.