| 词汇 | harry s truman |
| 词源 | Harry S. Truman. The S in the American president’s name has been the subject of stories for over half a century now. Ac- cording to an April 12, 1945 Associated Press dispatch, “[It] is just an initial—it has no name significance. It represents a com- promise by his parents. One of his grandfathers had the first name of Solomon; the other Shippe. Not wanting to play fa- vorites, the President’s parents decided on the S.” |
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