Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1283arrow-down14 cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1279arrow-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 · 8 hours agomessage-square48fedilink cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 hours 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-up25·5 hours agoI thought H stood for Harold. As in, “our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name…”
minus-squareKingofthezyx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·6 hours agoPretty sure it’s Jesus H Roosevelt Christ
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…”
Pretty sure it’s Jesus H Roosevelt Christ