英语词汇harry s truman的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

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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