# Digest urth.v029.n022

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 28 Jun 2000*

<https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/2295>

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### David Duffy
*28 Jun 2000, 00:33*

>   Some-one asked what the S stands for. Does no-one get the joke?
> 
>   Evan S. = evanesce = disappearing from sight, fading, or maybe
> ghost-like or even Smoky
> 
> In fact, it seems more than just plausible that Smoky's middle initial
> doesn't stand for anything--remember that he wears "A Suit of
> Truman's" to be married in and that the 'S' in Harry S. Truman is
> without further signification.  I think that's the solution to
> the middle initial mystery.

Truman's name is actually written Harry S Truman -- not having the book here,
what is the exact punctuation?

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