new name you can use on your kid

[Laurence Horn]

On Sep 13, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

> One of the few that do.

Not counting Charles Ludlam or John Waters type character names, where you can no doubt find a "Hysterica"…

(And trivially the proper name "America", if that counts as a rhyme.)

LH

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> 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.
>> Learn the alphabet and sounds of US English at justpaste.it/ayk
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>>> The computerized sales slip from the supermarket tells me that my cashier
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>>> To generalize from my experience=2C they should be mostly twentyish white
>>> ladies with hair the color of blood.
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