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When we read "Inaugural Address of Harry S. Truman"

 
 
Reply Tue 28 Feb, 2012 11:44 pm
Can we just voice it as "Inaugural Address of Harry Truman"? That is, "S" can be ignored there?
 
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contrex
 
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Reply Wed 29 Feb, 2012 01:19 am
@oristarA,
oristarA wrote:

Can we just voice it as "Inaugural Address of Harry Truman"? That is, "S" can be ignored there?


If you are reading the official title aloud, then you would read all of it.
oristarA
 
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Reply Wed 29 Feb, 2012 04:45 am
@contrex,
contrex wrote:

oristarA wrote:

Can we just voice it as "Inaugural Address of Harry Truman"? That is, "S" can be ignored there?


If you are reading the official title aloud, then you would read all of it.



Is "S." there read as /es/?
Joe Nation
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Reply Wed 29 Feb, 2012 06:05 am
@oristarA,
Yes. If you are being formal read it as "...Harry S. Truman"

.....and the 's' is pronounced /es/

If you are trying to be informal, you can leave it out.

You can find other examples of this, Americans love to informal with their Presidents. They refer to John F. Kennedy (formal) as : Jack Kennedy, John Kennedy and, very widely, as JFK.

Dwight David Eisenhower is hardly ever referred to be his full name. (That's what being famous, and President, will do for you. He's referred to as Eisenhower, everybody knows who you are talking about the President and not his son, David. Or you can just call him what he liked to be called : Ike. (That was his political campaign slogan "I like Ike".

I'm sure there are more examples, but I'm late for work.

Joe(be well)Nation
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PUNKEY
 
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Reply Wed 29 Feb, 2012 06:55 am
Leave it in if this is a title.

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