Talk:2393: Presidential Middle Names - Revision history

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	If you like the middle name Gamaliel, then maybe you should support Raphael Warnock, a senator from Georgia, for president for 2028? His middle name is also Gamaliel. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.12.109\|172.68.12.109]] 16:40, 2 April 2025 (UTC)		If you like the middle name Gamaliel, then maybe you should support Raphael Warnock, a senator from Georgia, for president for 2028? His middle name is also Gamaliel. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.12.109\|172.68.12.109]] 16:40, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
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		+	Of the middle names that aren't on the top 3, my top 5 of those would probably be Baines, Earl, Milhous, Quincy, and Ulyyses (in some order). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.94.241\|162.158.94.241]] 17:06, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

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	Bill Clinton was actually born William Jefferson Blythe III. Sad to not see that listed, shout to his dad and grandad.		Bill Clinton was actually born William Jefferson Blythe III. Sad to not see that listed, shout to his dad and grandad.
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		+	If you like the middle name Gamaliel, then maybe you should support Raphael Warnock, a senator from Georgia, for president for 2028? His middle name is also Gamaliel. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.12.109\|172.68.12.109]] 16:40, 2 April 2025 (UTC)

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	Note to [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2393:_Presidential_Middle_Names&curid=23607&diff=346711&oldid=345262 this editor], not so much a nickname as a familiarised version of their real name. Unlike such as Richard "Tricky Dicky" Nixon, George "Dubya" Bush (these two examples still ''derived'' from their true full names, but augmented abbreviations) or Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson, "Bill" Clinton is not really a technical nickname, as wouldn't be "Ronnie" Reagan (less often used than the actual Ronald) or "Jimmy" Carter (actually James Earl Carter Jr., but I ever can't recall him personally maintaining the more formal James... I might just not be old enough). The edit itself seems Ok, to me, but I'm just pedanticly quibbling at its description, in passing. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.195.64\|172.69.195.64]] 13:56, 19 July 2024 (UTC)		Note to [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2393:_Presidential_Middle_Names&curid=23607&diff=346711&oldid=345262 this editor], not so much a nickname as a familiarised version of their real name. Unlike such as Richard "Tricky Dicky" Nixon, George "Dubya" Bush (these two examples still ''derived'' from their true full names, but augmented abbreviations) or Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson, "Bill" Clinton is not really a technical nickname, as wouldn't be "Ronnie" Reagan (less often used than the actual Ronald) or "Jimmy" Carter (actually James Earl Carter Jr., but I ever can't recall him personally maintaining the more formal James... I might just not be old enough). The edit itself seems Ok, to me, but I'm just pedanticly quibbling at its description, in passing. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.195.64\|172.69.195.64]] 13:56, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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		+	Bill Clinton was actually born William Jefferson Blythe III. Sad to not see that listed, shout to his dad and grandad.
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	Surely Bush does not have a middle name, or do we apply the rule for calculating medians and average the two giving Berwal. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.96\|141.101.98.96]]		Surely Bush does not have a middle name, or do we apply the rule for calculating medians and average the two giving Berwal. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.96\|141.101.98.96]]
	:Why would that not be Bertwal? (Although Berwal is prettier.) And wouldn't a single Bush middle name be Walker? That is the middle of the three internal names of the two Presidents Bush. (George Herbert Walker Bush + George Walker Bush => Herbert Walker Walker => Walker)[[User:DaBunny42\|DaBunny42]] ([[User talk:DaBunny42\|talk]]) 13:08, 4 December 2020 (UTC)		:Why would that not be Bertwal? (Although Berwal is prettier.) And wouldn't a single Bush middle name be Walker? That is the middle of the three internal names of the two Presidents Bush. (George Herbert Walker Bush + George Walker Bush => Herbert Walker Walker => Walker)[[User:DaBunny42\|DaBunny42]] ([[User talk:DaBunny42\|talk]]) 13:08, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Note to [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=2393:_Presidential_Middle_Names&curid=23607&diff=346711&oldid=345262 this editor], not so much a nickname as a familiarised version of their real name. Unlike such as Richard "Tricky Dicky" Nixon, George "Dubya" Bush (these two examples still ''derived'' from their true full names, but augmented abbreviations) or Andrew "Old Hickory" Jackson, "Bill" Clinton is not really a technical nickname, as wouldn't be "Ronnie" Reagan (less often used than the actual Ronald) or "Jimmy" Carter (actually James Earl Carter Jr., but I ever can't recall him personally maintaining the more formal James... I might just not be old enough). The edit itself seems Ok, to me, but I'm just pedanticly quibbling at its description, in passing. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.195.64\|172.69.195.64]] 13:56, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

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 I wonder where Hussein comes in in the official rankings. [[User:Orion205|Orion205]] ([[User talk:Orion205|talk]]) 04:16, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
+:I got a few of my friends to help me rank all of the presidents' middle names semi-democratically. Hussein came in at 4th. It would have been third if I hadn't exercised my veto powers as official list-writer to give Robinette third place over their objections--[[Special:Contributions/162.158.62.107|162.158.62.107]] 00:32, 5 December 2020 (UTC)
 Gamaliel sounds like an Elvish name...[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.128|108.162.216.128]] 05:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 : No, it's a {{w|Gamaliel_Ratsey|highwayman}}. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.24|162.158.155.24]] 10:54, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

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	Surely Bush does not have a middle name, or do we apply the rule for calculating medians and average the two giving Berwal. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.96\|141.101.98.96]]		Surely Bush does not have a middle name, or do we apply the rule for calculating medians and average the two giving Berwal. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.96\|141.101.98.96]]
		+	:Why would that not be Bertwal? (Although Berwal is prettier.) And wouldn't a single Bush middle name be Walker? That is the middle of the three internal names of the two Presidents Bush. (George Herbert Walker Bush + George Walker Bush => Herbert Walker Walker => Walker)[[User:DaBunny42\|DaBunny42]] ([[User talk:DaBunny42\|talk]]) 13:08, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

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	:My father also had no middle name, but used A whenever a form insisted on needing a middle initial. I don't remember why, and he's not around any more to ask. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 02:14, 4 December 2020 (UTC)		:My father also had no middle name, but used A whenever a form insisted on needing a middle initial. I don't remember why, and he's not around any more to ask. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 02:14, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
	::When working at a particular job where various industry memberships and subscriptions were expected to be partaken of, for 'networking' reasons, I took the opportunity (lacking any 'middle' name) of registering as "Firstname A Lastname", "Firstname B Lastname", etc, per occasion. It was interesting to track and correlate what other unsolicited junk turned up with clear indication of where my details had come from. Mostly as personal entertainment, admitedly. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.128\|141.101.98.128]] 02:48, 4 December 2020 (UTC)		::When working at a particular job where various industry memberships and subscriptions were expected to be partaken of, for 'networking' reasons, I took the opportunity (lacking any 'middle' name) of registering as "Firstname A Lastname", "Firstname B Lastname", etc, per occasion. It was interesting to track and correlate what other unsolicited junk turned up with clear indication of where my details had come from. Mostly as personal entertainment, admitedly. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.128\|141.101.98.128]] 02:48, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
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		+	Surely Bush does not have a middle name, or do we apply the rule for calculating medians and average the two giving Berwal. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.96\|141.101.98.96]]

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	Anyone anything meaningful to add? I think we can remove the incomplete-tag, no? [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 12:21, 3 December 2020 (UTC)		Anyone anything meaningful to add? I think we can remove the incomplete-tag, no? [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 12:21, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
		+	: I "completed" it. [[User:Elektrizikekswerk\|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk\|talk]]) 08:38, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

	I just wanted to say that Delano in Spanish sounds like "del ano" which means "from the anus". Not sure that was intended, but it's pretty funny. [[User:Werty22\|Werty22]] ([[User talk:Werty22\|talk]]) 13:00, 3 December 2020 (UTC)		I just wanted to say that Delano in Spanish sounds like "del ano" which means "from the anus". Not sure that was intended, but it's pretty funny. [[User:Werty22\|Werty22]] ([[User talk:Werty22\|talk]]) 13:00, 3 December 2020 (UTC)

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	Just riffing on the idea of middle names. My father, Sam, had no middle name but routinely filled in forms that asked for a middle name with the letter E. He reasoned that made sense since people often called him Sammy, and he could never resist an opportunity to tell a joke. On the other hand, my middle initial is J and my middle name is Jay. Go figure. [[User:Rtanenbaum\|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum\|talk]]) 21:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)		Just riffing on the idea of middle names. My father, Sam, had no middle name but routinely filled in forms that asked for a middle name with the letter E. He reasoned that made sense since people often called him Sammy, and he could never resist an opportunity to tell a joke. On the other hand, my middle initial is J and my middle name is Jay. Go figure. [[User:Rtanenbaum\|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum\|talk]]) 21:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
	:My father also had no middle name, but used A whenever a form insisted on needing a middle initial. I don't remember why, and he's not around any more to ask. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 02:14, 4 December 2020 (UTC)		:My father also had no middle name, but used A whenever a form insisted on needing a middle initial. I don't remember why, and he's not around any more to ask. [[User:Barmar\|Barmar]] ([[User talk:Barmar\|talk]]) 02:14, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
		+	::When working at a particular job where various industry memberships and subscriptions were expected to be partaken of, for 'networking' reasons, I took the opportunity (lacking any 'middle' name) of registering as "Firstname A Lastname", "Firstname B Lastname", etc, per occasion. It was interesting to track and correlate what other unsolicited junk turned up with clear indication of where my details had come from. Mostly as personal entertainment, admitedly. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.128\|141.101.98.128]] 02:48, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

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 Gamaliel sounds like an Elvish name...[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.128|108.162.216.128]] 05:03, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 : No, it's a {{w|Gamaliel_Ratsey|highwayman}}. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.155.24|162.158.155.24]] 10:54, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 : I would assume his parents were thinking about someone a bit nicer.  Perhaps {{w|Gamaliel|Raban Gamaliel}}, a famous Jewish sage, major contributor to the Talmud and Christian saint (in some churches).  [[User:Shamino|Shamino]] ([[User talk:Shamino|talk]]) 13:57, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
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 ::Looking at the entire list of middle names with an arbitrary eye for 'Prettiness', I would definitely put "Birchard" in the bottom half, probably bottom handful, possibly indeed the bottom slot. But then I'd do much the same for "Fitzgerald" too. (That's on a 'prettiest' scale that is pleasant/ugly, not a decorative/plain axis, just so you know. And does contain subjectivities like Werty22's interpretation of "Delano".) [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.155|162.158.158.155]] 14:27, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
 :::The list also literally only includes the top three, so my initial interpretation of the title text was that Hayes was previously in the 2nd position but is now off the list... perhaps due to a re-evaluation of the 'prettiness' of "Birchard". This would leave the bottom of the list (i.e. No. 3) unchanged.
 I think someone needs to do a survey; maybe run a bracket or something, to see if public opinion matches Randall's list. [[User:Angel|Angel]] ([[User talk:Angel|talk]]) 11:33, 3 December 2020 (UTC)
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 Just riffing on the idea of middle names. My father, Sam, had no middle name but routinely filled in forms that asked for a middle name with the letter E. He reasoned that made sense since people often called him Sammy, and he could never resist an opportunity to tell a joke. On the other hand, my middle initial is J and my middle name is Jay. Go figure. [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 21:56, 3 December 2020 (UTC)