Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1568arrow-down16 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1562arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square93fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareluciferofastoralinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 months agoIs a middle name mandatory for you?
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 months agoI don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoWhat else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI think so, when immigrants get IDs in the US I believe they choose/are given a middle name
minus-squareylph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months 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-up3·2 months agoMy cousin was given his mother’s maiden name as a middle name when he joined the navy
Is a middle name mandatory for you?
I don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
What else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
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
Huh. Interesting.