🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agoAnon is a tour guide at a museumsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down15
arrow-up1771arrow-down1imageAnon is a tour guide at a museumsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 2 months agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squaresamus12345@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoWhile looking up what his middle name was, I learned that the tradition of middle names did not become widespread in the US until the 1830s. Interesting.
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoWhat I want to know is what’s up with two-name first names like Mary Jo or Betty Lou. Did that happen before or after the invention of middle names?
While looking up what his middle name was, I learned that the tradition of middle names did not become widespread in the US until the 1830s. Interesting.
What I want to know is what’s up with two-name first names like Mary Jo or Betty Lou. Did that happen before or after the invention of middle names?