Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down10
arrow-up121arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoThat also reminds me of this one public speaker back in 30 A.D. Jesus H Christ. Apparently the H is just an H. Who woulda thought.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI thought H stood for Harold. As in, “our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name…”
That also reminds me of this one public speaker back in 30 A.D. Jesus H Christ. Apparently the H is just an H. Who woulda thought.
I thought H stood for Harold. As in, “our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name…”