Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1477arrow-down16
arrow-up1471arrow-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 · 20 hours agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squareluciferofastora@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·15 hours agoIs a middle name mandatory for you?
minus-squarepixelscript@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 hours agoWhat else would your mom call you when she’s pissed off?
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-28 hours agoI think so, when immigrants get IDs in the US I believe they choose/are given a middle name
minus-squareylph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·7 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-up3·4 hours agoMy cousin was given his mother’s maiden name as a middle name when he joined the navy
minus-squarelinearchaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·13 hours agoI don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.
Is a middle name mandatory for you?
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
I don’t know that it’s absolutely mandatory but it’s definitely pervasive.