Sjmarf to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down17
arrow-up1481arrow-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 • 7 months agomessage-square50fedilink
minus-square@linearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•7 months 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-square@feannag@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months agoI’ve usually seen NMN used for no middle name.
minus-square@lugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish7•7 months agoI knew that middle names are common in the US but I didn’t know it’s so deep in the culture
minus-square@aStonedSanta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoOne of those things that’s just normal so we don’t talk about it I guess.
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’ve usually seen NMN used for no middle name.
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.