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 --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no
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