From: Fr@nkzappa.net   
      
   On 6/28/19 2:10 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:   
   > On Fri, 28 Jun 2019 08:19:29 -0700, jfeinstein1017 wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 3:40:12 AM UTC-4, Federico Platania   
   >> wrote:   
   >>> Hi.   
   >>>   
   >>> I was wondering about the meaning of the title "Peaches en regalia"   
   >>> (which is, by the way, one of my favourite FZ songs).   
   >>>   
   >>> "Peaches" is english for "downy juicy fruits with sweet yellowish or   
   >>> whitish flesh". And that's ok.   
   >>>   
   >>> "en" has quite the same meaning wether it's french ("at") or spanish   
   >>> ("in").   
   >>>   
   >>> "regalia" is italian and it means "present", "gift". But, more   
   >>> precisely, a "regalia" is a gift from a person who is higher in a   
   >>> hierarchical grade to a person who is lower (i.e.: from a boss to a   
   >>> employee).   
   >>>   
   >>> All in all, "Peaches en regalia" could mean "Peaches for free".   
   >>>   
   > In English 'regalia' refers to any type of elaborate formal dress and   
   > dress accessories, so "Peaches on Regalia" might reasonably stretched to   
   > mean the sort of elaborate peach-based desert dish that might be served   
   > at the end of a formal banquet.   
   >   
   > Anyhow, thats how I've always read it.   
   >   
   >   
      
   peaches = boobs, or possibly butts   
      
   come on, it's Zappa people!   
      
   en regalia = dressed up and on display   
      
      
      
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