Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1355arrow-down14
arrow-up1351arrow-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 · 12 hours agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·11 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-up30·9 hours agoI thought H stood for Harold. As in, “our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name…”
minus-squareJackFrostNCola@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·38 minutes agoLano and Woodley fan by any chance?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·37 minutes agoNever heard of them, sorry. I got that from an old Straight Dope article.
minus-squareKingofthezyx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·10 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…”
Lano and Woodley fan by any chance?
Never heard of them, sorry. I got that from an old Straight Dope article.
Pretty sure it’s Jesus H Roosevelt Christ