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He was actually Question Mark and it was a stage name. (m)
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His real name was Rudy. It's illegal to have a symbol as a name--so no, "?" can't be considered a name in the USA. Neither can the symbol Prince used to go by.Array
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Ah. Well, that makes a lot more sense.
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry PratchettProud adopter of 15 PPs. Check my profile for their names.
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Oh, and...I've found their website and it's http://96tears.net/. Turns out that she's right and it technically is ?, at least sometimes. They go back and forth in how they write it, actually, as can be seen here: http://www.96tears.net/q.htmlThe Mysterians' website is pretty much useless, unfortunately, if information's what the girl is looking for. I knew what I posted off the top of my head, and that came from the book Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth. Here's Wikipedia's take on it all: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%3F_%26_the_MysteriansArray
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? was on a VH1 show the other day... they wrote it out as "Question Mark." They also said he had legally changed his name, so it's probably spelled out.
A is for Amy who fell down the stairs, B is for Basil assaulted by bears, C is for Clara who wasted away, D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh... !!!!!!!!!! - Tobias, Jesse, Wyatt, Shane, Preston, Maverick, Rebel, Gibson, Shiloh, and Timber
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