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To: traderrob6

What does “Beatles” mean?

Seriously? The name? My understanding is that it is a salute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets, along with a spelling that alludes to rock and roll.

26 posted on 02/24/2009 10:39:20 AM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)

To: buccaneer81

Learned it a High school English class. Beat/les it means “of the beat”.

37 posted on 02/24/2009 10:57:57 AM PST by traderrob6

To: buccaneer81

My understanding is that it is a salute to Buddy Holly and the Crickets, along with a spelling that alludes to rock and roll.

Correct.

68 posted on 02/25/2009 10:25:20 AM PST by KevinB (Those who love sausage and respect the law should never watch either being made.)

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