Regus

[Jonathan Lighter]

I meant  " 'the artist formerly and latterly known as "Prince".' "  That's
my pronunciation of the now disused ideogram.

JL

On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

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