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[โ€“] JimmyBigSausage@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Fun fact: There is no period after S in his name. The S is not an abbreviation.

Oh weird. I don't think I'd ever heard that before. Wikipedia said it was a "somewhat common" practice in the south at the time.