A Mark Twain quote
"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
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gdon39 · 46-50, M
Do you know how and what Samuel Clemens, came about to create his nom de plume Mark Twain?
He coined his name while on a riverboat is your clue.
He coined his name while on a riverboat is your clue.
gdon39 · 46-50, M
Good morning @Dv8rs Samuel Clemens was working on and riding on a River boat and as by their nature, rivers move a lot of dirt, sand and whatnot by the currents flow creating sand bars but not all are visible.
With that being said, the front of the boats “River man” drops a measuring stick in th water to measure the waters depth to determine if they can traverse the water way ahead.
The “River man “ would call out the waters depth and a River bout needs two fathoms of water or 12 feet and 12 feet would be called out as “mark Twain “. A half Twain is 6 feet
Mister Clemens fancied that for his nom de plume.
With that being said, the front of the boats “River man” drops a measuring stick in th water to measure the waters depth to determine if they can traverse the water way ahead.
The “River man “ would call out the waters depth and a River bout needs two fathoms of water or 12 feet and 12 feet would be called out as “mark Twain “. A half Twain is 6 feet
Mister Clemens fancied that for his nom de plume.
