Monday, August 15, 2011

Truman

Did you know that Harry Truman's middle name is actually "S" - it's not an abbreviation - so it should get no period, ala "Harry S Truman"?

Wikipedia gets it wrong. But, then again, so does Encyclopædia Britannica.

I love the oft-attributed Harry Truman quote "It's amazing what you can accomplish when you don't care who gets the credit", but, alas, he seems never to have said it.

1 comment:

  1. Apparently Harry got it wrong, too.

    Ronald Reagan is acknowledged for using the "don't care who gets the credit quote", though I don't believe he ever claimed credit for authoring it himself.

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