The artist currently known as Prince was once known as 0+->. While Prince is ok 0+-> is difficult. I mean not only did he not have a first and last name you couldn't pronounce it.

If he had his back turned in a crowded room how would you call him? I know Mayte used to call him baby but what if they were lost in an airport? They gur on the intercom would ask her what his name is and she'd say? I just don't think"Would Baby come to terminal C your wife is looking for you." would sound nice.

Or what about his drivers license? DId they have a symbol on it? And what about his bills and letters , did they have a font on it.

0+->
1999 Paisley Park Dr.
Chanhassen,Mn 55103 looks kinda awkward. And how do you alphabetize him? FIrst comes symbols,then numbers, then letters A-Z. I quess he'd fall under symbols but where in?

Or what about in court or at a ceremoney.He'd have his hand up or on a Bible saying "I_____ swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God.".

I live in Houston a diverse city. Teachers always have problems pronouncing black and foriegn names but 0+-> would have been an unconcivable problem. Thank God he didn't change his name when he was little. The teachers would have gotten so frustrated they'd want to paddle him. And Mayte kept her maiden name Garcia I suppose. But if she wanted 0+-> last name what would she have done?

I know Hollywood and the music community called him The Artist but what about the goverment and legal personell. Was he The Citizen formely known as Prince Rogers Nelson?
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He never legally changed it. It is against the law to put symbols, numbers, and unpronouncable stuff in a legal name. Id have to look the exact law up, though.

It wasn't a legal name change.

And most of the guys called him "girl" anyways.


"Girl, come here. Girl, that show was hot!"


that sort of thing.

I love the situations you came up with. "Will Baby please come to terminal C..."

I don't know how one would go about pronouncing that, but if they were separated at the airport, I think they would have ended up using Mayte's name.

"Mayte Garcia is looking for her husband..." or "Mayte Garcia, please report to terminal C. Your husband is looking for you..."

Well on The Oprah interview he said that if he heard Orince in his livingroom he'd drop his tea. He said he got kinda offened when they called him Prince cause that's not his name.

I call him friend

I'd call him Mr. Goodnight!

ToraToraDreams said:

As far as I know it is legal, both in Canada and the U.S. Otherwise, those with silent letters, apostrophes, and hyphens, single letter-names, and yes -numbers, too - in their names would be in some trouble.

Imago said:

Is that for sure? I've heard conflicting reports. Some say it was legal, some say it wasn't. Keeping strictly as a stage name would've been more practical, but Prince rarely takes the easy route, and he did enforce the "I'm not Prince anymore" thing with friends and family, so....
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hey U

the problem is u'r trying 2 pronounce something instead of finding out the true meaning of the symbol ..thus u would know how 2 "pronounce" it.

We know how to pronounce thanks to a b-side song.

Wasnt he gonna marry Mayte in paris, but their laws wouldnt allow him to use the symbol. I remember a spokesperson commenting on that just cause his 0(+> was legal in the USA it is not Legal in Paris

JudasSmile said:

the new album by...

I'd just say "Hey Stacy" He wouldn't mind me calling him Prince after that!

Angelic1302 said:

Shorty?
Shortstuff?
Lil Man?
PurplePants?
Your Highness?
Ma'am?

I used to call him "He Who Must Not Be Named"
before that meant anything to anyone else.

u made me snort

At that point he was usually called The Artist if I recall correctly. I don't think he'd get angry at that.
But wasn't it still just his "Stage name" that was changed? I mean, since to him it "symbolized" (heh, pun intended) the breakup and independence of WB, he insisted on it in public and I'm sure in private too, because that's how extreme he is about things....But I do not think his passport, Driver's lisence, etc. was changed.

Skinny motherfu*ker with a hired voice.

This had to be the first time The Artist Formerly KNown As was used.

What difference does it make? He's Prince again.

Genesia said:

yet he's still wearing the symbol around his neck..his current stage is of the symbol and he has a guitar in shape of the symbol ..so again it must mean something 2 him and if u knew what it meant instead of trying 2 "pronounce" something that u can't, u might have a better understanding urself

L4OATheOriginal said:

The fuck are you psychobabbling about?

So what if he's still wearing the symbol? If he isn't using it as his name anymore, why call it anything other than "the symbol?"

The author of this thread wasn't talking about what the symbol meant, either...s/he specifically wondered what Prince was called while using the symbol as a name.

Genesia said:

okay reading 101 has just signed u up ...so i guess i'll repost what i said

if u knew what it meant instead of trying 2 "pronounce" something that u can't, u might have a better understanding urself

so once again ..if u knew what the symbol means then u would know how 2 say "the symbol" ..but obviously u don't.

L4OATheOriginal said:

Honey, don't condescend to me. I'm a professional writer -- I don't need lessons in reading comprehension from the likes of you.

My point is...I don't fucking care how to "pronounce" the symbol. Since it is no longer being used as a name, there really isn't a point to it, anyway. So all your mysterious, "I'm so deep, I know what it means. You shallow people just don't get it," mumbo jumbo is ridiculous, if not stupid.

Comprehend that!

Genesia said:

then if u don't care ..then u shouldn't have posted in the 1st place . and if u r a "professional" writer, then u know u have 2 do research 2 back up u'r writing correct? or do u work 4 the media and gets shit twisted cause they r 2 lazy 2 do that reasearch.

Why am I arguing with someone who doesn't know how to spell "you?"

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