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BEAUGARDE

Is there a name 4 Prince's symbol?

Everybody that knows me, knows that I'm a BIG Prince fan and they always ask me what is the name of his symbol and I simply ask them when they C the symbol what comes 2 mind? And they say Prince. So from now on thats what I'll refer 2 the symbol as (Prince) cool
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Reply #1 posted 11/30/05 4:36pm

luv4u

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glyph?
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Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture!
REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince
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Reply #2 posted 11/30/05 4:36pm

sitruk7

SHABOINNNNG!!!
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Reply #3 posted 11/30/05 5:32pm

avatarfunk

this is how i see it....

prince

break it down further

0= "o"
(= "c"

+ = "t"

> = "v"


now put it all together

"octv"

as in "octave" wink
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Reply #4 posted 11/30/05 5:33pm

UndercovaBroth
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"The Love Symbol Album" has been accepted in it's place.
Ooh, little darlin' if you're
free 4 a couple of hours (Free 4 a couple of hours)
If U ain't busy 4 the next 7 years (Next 7 years)
Say, let's pretend we're married and go all night
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Reply #5 posted 11/30/05 5:35pm

Zelaira

Yes..I'm Prince.I'm Sexy...Fuck ME.....
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Reply #6 posted 11/30/05 6:02pm

squirrelgrease

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It actually has a name here:
http://altreligion.about....ymbols.htm
"The Artist"
If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot.
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Reply #7 posted 11/30/05 6:15pm

BEAUGARDE

squirrelgrease said:

It actually has a name here:
http://altreligion.about....ymbols.htm
"The Artist"

That's not funny! confused
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Reply #8 posted 11/30/05 6:39pm

Handclapsfinga
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BEAUGARDE said:

squirrelgrease said:

It actually has a name here:
http://altreligion.about....ymbols.htm
"The Artist"

That's not funny! confused

yes it is kinna funny, in a way....

omfg, the bastard's a religion now? falloff
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Reply #9 posted 11/30/05 6:44pm

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

BEAUGARDE said:


That's not funny! confused

yes it is kinna funny, in a way....

omfg, the bastard's a religion now? falloff


Hail Skipper! :speakingintoungues:
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Reply #10 posted 11/30/05 6:51pm

Handclapsfinga
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squirrelgrease said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:


yes it is kinna funny, in a way....

omfg, the bastard's a religion now? falloff


Hail Skipper! :speakingintoungues:

at least the nuns'll be sexxy.

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Reply #11 posted 11/30/05 6:51pm

UndercovaBroth
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squirrelgrease said:

It actually has a name here:
http://altreligion.about....ymbols.htm
"The Artist"


eek
Ooh, little darlin' if you're
free 4 a couple of hours (Free 4 a couple of hours)
If U ain't busy 4 the next 7 years (Next 7 years)
Say, let's pretend we're married and go all night
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Reply #12 posted 11/30/05 6:55pm

AsianBomb777

Yes, but you have to flash the name in the mirror to get it's true pronounciation:


It's


arialez (tell me what the mirror says)
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Reply #13 posted 11/30/05 6:56pm

Handclapsfinga
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AsianBomb777 said:

Yes, but you have to flash the name in the mirror to get it's true pronounciation:


It's


arialez (tell me what the mirror says)

you da debble. demon anyways, why dont'cha whip up a picture of reverend nelson for us, man?

mr.green
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Reply #14 posted 11/30/05 6:59pm

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Handclapsfingasnapz said:

squirrelgrease said:



Hail Skipper! :speakingintoungues:

at least the nuns'll be sexxy.

Sister Annie Christian (she started out as an inside joke between me and a ...

© Sevennynine Studios



mr.green


Nice! (drool@ thoughts of nun titties)
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Reply #15 posted 11/30/05 7:03pm

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Search
Alternative Religions
"The Artist" (TAFKAP)

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Related Terms
• Heartagram
• Zoso
• Venus

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Related Resources
• Alchemy
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Glossaries
• Symbol Glossary
• Alternative Religions Glossary
• Glossary of Magick and the Occult
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Dictionary of Symbols
This ostentatious symbol served as a name for the musician Prince for more than five years After a publishing dispute with his recording company (Warner Brothers). Adapted from the alchemical symbol for soapstone (by the addition of a circle) as illustrated in a Dover Clip Art Book, the symbol was most likely chosen for its resemblence to the planetary symbols of Mars and Venus, making it a particularly fitting symbol for the androgynous artist.

The glyph was unpronouncable and caused much consternation amongst members of the media, who took to calling him "The Artist formerly known as Prince," a mouthful eventually shortened to the acronym "TAFKAP."



omfg Prince is a religion?
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Reply #16 posted 11/30/05 7:07pm

lilm05

I got this from Wikipedia (prince's biography) :

" Prince changed his name to this symbol in 1993 following a contractual dispute with his record company. As the symbol cannot be pronounced it is often called the "Love Symbol." He changed his name back to Prince in 2000."

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...e_(artist) biggrin
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Reply #17 posted 11/30/05 7:20pm

donk

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

AsianBomb777 said:

Yes, but you have to flash the name in the mirror to get it's true pronounciation:


It's


arialez (tell me what the mirror says)

you da debble. demon anyways, why dont'cha whip up a picture of reverend nelson for us, man?

mr.green



Dark Sided Mind neutral
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Reply #18 posted 11/30/05 7:22pm

JimmyNothing

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donk said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:


you da debble. demon anyways, why dont'cha whip up a picture of reverend nelson for us, man?

mr.green



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falloff
Put yourself on the worldwide org map! www.frappr.com/princeorg
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Reply #19 posted 11/30/05 8:02pm

Handclapsfinga
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donk said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:


you da debble. demon anyways, why dont'cha whip up a picture of reverend nelson for us, man?

mr.green

[gawd warrior was here]

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now morning, noon and night i give you PSYYYYYCHICS!!!!!
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Reply #20 posted 11/30/05 9:36pm

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donk said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:


you da debble. demon anyways, why dont'cha whip up a picture of reverend nelson for us, man?

mr.green



Dark Sided Mind neutral




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Reply #21 posted 11/30/05 10:07pm

MickG

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according to prince it is a name, given to him by god, that he knows but will not tell anyone else.

Rosie O'donald Show.
News: Prince pulls his head out his ass in the last moment.
Bad News: Prince wasted too much quality time doing so.
You have those internalized issues because you want to, you like to, stop.
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Reply #22 posted 12/01/05 2:28am

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UndercovaBrotha said:

"The Love Symbol Album" has been accepted in it's place.


I never liked calling it 'love symbol'. If you asked someone to draw a symbol of love, inevitably they would draw a heart shape.

It would be more accurate to call Prince's glyph a 'sex symbol' because of course it is mainly made up of the scientific symbols for male and female. With a bit of the ancient Egyptian symbol 'ankh' meanining 'life' thrown in and a sort of 'horn' which would symbolise 'music' - put it all together it reads out 'sex music life' whch pretty much sums Prince up.

Personally, I've always called the album named only by a symbol, 'The Symbol Album'.

As for the symbol that represents Prince, I've always called it 'Prince's symbol'.

Call me a logical old fart.
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Reply #23 posted 12/01/05 3:05am

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donk said:

Handclapsfingasnapz said:


you da debble. demon anyways, why dont'cha whip up a picture of reverend nelson for us, man?

mr.green



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lol




im not doing this todaaayyyyy
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Reply #24 posted 12/01/05 3:24am

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metalorange said:

UndercovaBrotha said:

"The Love Symbol Album" has been accepted in it's place.


I never liked calling it 'love symbol'. If you asked someone to draw a symbol of love, inevitably they would draw a heart shape.

It would be more accurate to call Prince's glyph a 'sex symbol' because of course it is mainly made up of the scientific symbols for male and female. With a bit of the ancient Egyptian symbol 'ankh' meanining 'life' thrown in and a sort of 'horn' which would symbolise 'music' - put it all together it reads out 'sex music life' whch pretty much sums Prince up.

Personally, I've always called the album named only by a symbol, 'The Symbol Album'.

As for the symbol that represents Prince, I've always called it 'Prince's symbol'.

Call me a logical old fart.



you are a logical old fart, lol but correct whofarted
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Reply #25 posted 12/01/05 3:51am

vainandy

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Sex With A Horn
Andy is a four letter word.
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Reply #26 posted 12/01/05 4:37am

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avatarfunk said:

this is how i see it....

prince

break it down further

0= "o"
(= "c"

+ = "t"

> = "v"


now put it all together

"octv"

as in "octave" wink


Add in the 'I' (half down the T, and turned 90 degrees) and and 'r' (inverted and on the end of the left side of the T and you have:

VICTOR

Co-oncidence? smile
I'm just, I'm just Levi from the org
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Reply #27 posted 12/01/05 4:44am

AsianBomb777

Christopher said:

donk said:




Dark Sided Mind neutral

lol




im not doing this todaaayyyyy

falloff
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Reply #28 posted 12/01/05 9:32am

tripp

i think it translates
2 the greatest, most talented,
most prolific, sensual, controversial
sexually appealing artist in the history
of rock n roll...
noituloveR lautiripS weN a fo gninwaD eht si sihT
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Reply #29 posted 12/01/05 9:43am

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I can't believe nobody's said this yet:

It's called the symbol.
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