Regus

[Jonathan Lighter]

Like the artist formerly and latterly known as "Prince."

JL

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > In this company's TV ads, it's it rhymes with "egregious."
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> Think of it as a ideogram whose pronunciation you simply have to learn.
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> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
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