Wasn't it in fact `Harry Shippe Truman' ? R. On Fri, 13 May 2005, Thomas Colthurst wrote:
Dan Asmiov asks:
So what do you call an "initial" that doesn't stand for anything?
A terminal initial?
Harry Truman had such a middle initial and apparently various government offices endlessly argued about whether his name should be rendered as "Harry S. Truman" or "Harry S Truman".
Brad DeLong hypothesized that the 8 in Jennifer 8 (8. ?) Lee's name was short for "867-5309" as in the Tommy Tutone song, "Jenny (867-5309)". [http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/001653.html]
Obligatory math content: 8675309 is prime.
-Thomas C
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