Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1313arrow-down13
arrow-up1310arrow-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 · 10 hours agomessage-square52fedilink
minus-squareGrammarPolice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·9 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-up27·7 hours agoI thought H stood for Harold. As in, “our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name…”
minus-squareKingofthezyx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·8 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