new name you can use on your kid

[Jonathan Lighter]

One of the few that do.

JL

On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

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> Jherrica?  Rhymes with "America?"
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> Tom Zurinskas=2C first Ct 20 yrs=2C then Tn 3=2C NJ 33=2C Fl 9.
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> > The computerized sales slip from the supermarket tells me that my cashier
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> > Over 10=2C000 raw Google hits for "Jherrica=2C" over 150=2C000 for
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> > To generalize from my experience=2C they should be mostly twentyish white
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