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In the 1900's, yelling "mark twain!" on a boat meant that the water was 12 feet deep, which was a safe depth. Samuel Clemens, who worked on boats all the time, liked the sound of the call and made it his pen name.

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Mark Twain was a well-known American author and humorist. His works often contained social commentary and satire, so it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly what he meant in every instance. It's best to analyze his writing in the context of the time it was written and consider the themes and messages he may have been trying to convey.

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Samuel Clemons used the pen name Mark Twain and it is thought that it could have come from one of two places.

First of all, "Mark Twain" means "two fathoms", which he surely would have heard many times during his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River. Another possibility is that he heard it during his stint trying to strike it rich in the Silver Rush with his brother Orion. You see, in the Nevada saloons, "Mark Twain" meant "two drinks on credit."

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Mark Twain meant two fathoms of water, a fathom is 6 feet of water so Mark Twain meant 12 feet of water under the keel of the boat.

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