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Mark Twain was the sixth of seven children. Two of them were girls- Margaret and Pamela. Margaret died before reaching adulthood.
Shania Twain has two full-biological sisters (Jill and Carrie Ann), one half-brother (Mark) and one adopted brother (Darryl). Shania (born as Eilleen Regina Edwards) and her sisters were adopted by their step-father, Jerry Twain. Mark Twain is the son of their mother and Jerry, and Darryl was Jerry's nephew that was also adopted into the family.
mark twains parens were two farmers that worked very hard to support their 7 children which 3(including twain) lived past childhood. sory, but i don't know the parents names. i am hot29!
"Twain" is an archaic term that means "two" or "between two." It's commonly known from the phrase "Mark Twain," which was used as a nautical term for water depth measurement. "Mark Twain" means the water is at a depth of two fathoms or 12 feet, indicating safe passage for boats.
Mark Twain's nickname was actually his pen name; his real name was Samuel Clemens. He chose the name "Mark Twain" from a riverboat term meaning the water is two fathoms deep, indicating it was safe to navigate.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. His pen name, "Mark Twain," was derived from a riverboat term meaning "two fathoms deep." Another nickname he had was "The Father of American Literature."
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Samuel Clemens got his pen name Mark Twain from boat terminology picked up when he worked on a steamboat. The term "mark twain" refers to a river that is two fathoms deep.
Mark Twain had six siblings: three brothers - Orion, Henry, and Pleasant - as well as two sisters - Pamela and Margaret. Another sibling, Benjamin, died in childhood before Mark Twain was born.
Mark Twain's real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He adopted the pen name "Mark Twain" when he began his writing career. The name "Mark Twain" was derived from a boating term and was meant to signify a depth of two fathoms in the Mississippi River.
Two quotes from Mark Twain: I dont like work, even when another person does it. Work and play are words to describe the same thing under different conditions.
A mark was an old term used to describe the depth of a body of water as a ship passed through it. A mark was about 6 feet so mark twain, or two marks, was 12 feet. Unless you meant what was Mark Twain's real name, in which case it was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.