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|    Bil to Mower B. Yard    |
|    Re: What does "Peaches en regalia" means    |
|    29 Jun 19 05:46:32    |
   
   From: bilh@pd.jaring.my   
      
   On Saturday, June 29, 2019 at 1:30:00 PM UTC+8, Mower B. Yard wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   You don't subscribe to the simple Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington, theory?   
      
   https://www.royalgardenhotel.co.uk/packages/afternoon-tea   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   
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