13 May
2005
13 May
'05
5:17 a.m.
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