Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 hours agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down13
arrow-up1411arrow-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 · 18 hours agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squareluciferofastora@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·12 hours agoIs a middle name mandatory for you?
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 hours agoI think so, when immigrants get IDs in the US I believe they choose/are given a middle name
minus-squareylph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 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-up1·1 hour agoMy cousin was given his mother’s maiden name as a middle name when he joined the navy
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoWhat else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 hours agoI don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
Is a middle name mandatory for you?
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
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.