Randomanea

[Dan Goncharoff]

Or what it now is -- a brand name.

DanG


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> > As I observed many years ago, "Rosetta STONE" may be influenced to some
> > degree by "Rosetta KING."
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> But, MLK's wife is "Rosetta *Scott* King." Besides, there's no reason to
> assume that voice-over guys need to be influenced by anything more than the
> assumption that "Rosetta Stone" is what it looks like: someone's name.
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