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Date:      Tue, 01 Jun 2004 09:28:47 +0200
From:      des@des.no (=?iso-8859-1?q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes fortunes2
Message-ID:  <xzpsmdf68k0.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <200406010432.i514WC2k053069@repoman.freebsd.org> (Doug Barton's message of "Mon, 31 May 2004 21:32:12 -0700 (PDT)")
References:  <200406010432.i514WC2k053069@repoman.freebsd.org>

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Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>   * Harry Truman had no actual middle name. The initial "S" was
>   added to his name to make him appear more statesmanlike. Therefore
>   it's not usually punctuated.

Wrong.  His middle name is S because his parents wanted to honor both
his grandfathers (whose first names both began with S) without
favoring one over the other.  Truman himself wrote his name with a
period, and so does the Truman library.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/speriod.htm

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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