Sjmarf 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-up1569arrow-down17 cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1562arrow-down1external-linkTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgSjmarf to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square93fedilink cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-square@luciferofastora@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 months agoIs a middle name mandatory for you?
minus-square@pixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoWhat else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
minus-square@linearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoI don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
minus-square@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-22 months agoI think so, when immigrants get IDs in the US I believe they choose/are given a middle name
minus-square@ylph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•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-square@raef@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•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?
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.
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.