Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1452arrow-down15
arrow-up1447arrow-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 · 19 hours agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 hours agoI think so, when immigrants get IDs in the US I believe they choose/are given a middle name
minus-squareylph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoNot true, I am a naturalized US citizen, and don’t have a middle name - it was never an issue and I was never asked to come up with one. My son was born in the US and also doesn’t have a middle name.
minus-squareraef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoMy cousin was given his mother’s maiden name as a middle name when he joined the navy
I think so, when immigrants get IDs in the US I believe they choose/are given a middle name
Not true, I am a naturalized US citizen, and don’t have a middle name - it was never an issue and I was never asked to come up with one. My son was born in the US and also doesn’t have a middle name.
My cousin was given his mother’s maiden name as a middle name when he joined the navy