Comments on: The Importance Of Being Sidney http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2008/10/15/the-importance-of-being-sidney/ Writing, Fiction, Football and Whatever Takes My Fancy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: doctorvee http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2008/10/15/the-importance-of-being-sidney/comment-page-1/#comment-222 doctorvee Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:29:06 +0000 http://jackdeighton.co.uk/?p=609#comment-222 Just had a thought about middle names in America. Some months ago (during the primaries) it was actually annoying me that people kept on saying 'Hillary Rodham Clinton', rather than just the normal Hillary Clinton. I mean, is there another famous Hillary Clinton that I just haven't heard of? There can't be many people whose middle name I know so well. Just had a thought about middle names in America. Some months ago (during the primaries) it was actually annoying me that people kept on saying ‘Hillary Rodham Clinton’, rather than just the normal Hillary Clinton. I mean, is there another famous Hillary Clinton that I just haven’t heard of? There can’t be many people whose middle name I know so well.

]]> By: jackdeighton http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2008/10/15/the-importance-of-being-sidney/comment-page-1/#comment-207 jackdeighton Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:08:07 +0000 http://jackdeighton.co.uk/?p=609#comment-207 It's usually just the initials, though. JFK, FDR, Harry H Truman, Richard M Nixon, Dwight D Eisenhower. They don't usually say the whole name. One more thing that gets me is the "Davis Love III" business, as if they are monarchs. Weird. It’s usually just the initials, though. JFK, FDR, Harry H Truman, Richard M Nixon, Dwight D Eisenhower.
They don’t usually say the whole name.
One more thing that gets me is the “Davis Love III” business, as if they are monarchs. Weird.

]]> By: Martin McCallion http://jackdeighton.co.uk/2008/10/15/the-importance-of-being-sidney/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Martin McCallion Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:30:12 +0000 http://jackdeighton.co.uk/?p=609#comment-206 USAmericans are very big on middle names (or middle initials), though: at least in their politics. Fitzgerald and Milhous spring to mind, of course, but I know Reagan's middle name, and Bush 1's two middle names. I'm sure I remember seeing them doing it to our politicians, too, but I can't think of an example at the moment. Oh, don't they say "Robert S Mugabe", or something, too? USAmericans are very big on middle names (or middle initials), though: at least in their politics. Fitzgerald and Milhous spring to mind, of course, but I know Reagan’s middle name, and Bush 1′s two middle names.

I’m sure I remember seeing them doing it to our politicians, too, but I can’t think of an example at the moment. Oh, don’t they say “Robert S Mugabe”, or something, too?

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