TIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.
TIL that the “S” in “Harry S. Truman” isn’t an abbreviation. His middle name was just “S”.
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I used to work with a guy that was from China. He only had a first in a last name. He was going to college here and the college required everyone to have a middle initial as part of their login. They just used his last initial as his middle initial.
Wait does everyone there have a middle name? I'm Dutch and I don't have a middle name. I figured that was quite common also in the English speaking world
My grandfather and father dont have a middle name.
Both Sicilian (Father born in the U.S though)
The famous poet Edgar Poe also didn't have a middle name
He does, it's Allan
I have two. You can borrow one for a while.
Not that I'm aware of Gerry F. Flap.
He's the only person I've known here in almost 50 years without a middle name. It's quite possible other people haven't had a middle name but it's never come up.
In the English-speaking world it's very uncommon.
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.
I knew that middle names are common in the US but I didn't know it's so deep in the culture
One of those things that’s just normal so we don’t talk about it I guess.
I've usually seen NMN used for no middle name.
Poor Alex Song (A.S.S.)