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To: MayflowerMadam

The R actually stands for “Rex” - Latin for “king”. That’s how the Brits roll - applying a dead language to a dead monarchy…


60 posted on 04/10/2026 4:27:51 PM PDT by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: Apparatchik

I know. (Four years of Latin.) That’s why I asked why he didn’t use Charles K for King.


61 posted on 04/10/2026 4:32:07 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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