[Ads-l] "Lluvia"

[Laurence Horn]

That's what I was thinking too. I've known a couple of Rains, both female. And of course Lluvia looks even more like a girl's name than Rain.   LH

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> On Jul 7, 2015, at 8:44 AM, Neal Whitman <nwhitman at AMERITECH.NET> wrote:
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> Maybe her name is "Rain" but in Spanish.
> 
> Neal
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>> On 7/7/2015 7:53 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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>> Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject:      "Lluvia"
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>> A commercial announcement for OnDeckTV features a brief testimonial from a
>> fortyish woman ID'd as "Lluvia T., Restaurant Owner."
>> 
>> Unique?
>> 
>> JL
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