Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works to Today I LearnedEnglish · 5 months agoTIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1570arrow-down17
arrow-up1563arrow-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 LearnedEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareGrammarPolicelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·5 months 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 SquidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·5 months agoI thought H stood for Harold. As in, “our father, who art in heaven, Harold be thy name…”
minus-squareJackFrostNColalinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoLano and Woodley fan by any chance?
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoNever heard of them, sorry. I got that from an old Straight Dope article.
minus-squareKingofthezyx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·5 months agoPretty sure it’s Jesus H Roosevelt Christ
minus-squareSkunkWorkzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoYou forgot his baptismal name. It’s Jesus H Roosevelt Mary 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
You forgot his baptismal name. It’s Jesus H Roosevelt Mary Christ