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Thread started 07/27/03 2:09pm

akashic

Roger or Rogers. U decide...

Is it Roger or Rogers?
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Reply #1 posted 07/27/03 2:56pm

LadyCabDriver

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I think it's Rogers.
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Reply #2 posted 07/27/03 3:00pm

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It's Rogers on all of his trophies at the Park and every official document i've seen that shows his middle name...
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Reply #3 posted 07/27/03 3:04pm

Jamademus

squirrelgrease said:

It's Rogers on all of his trophies at the Park and every official document i've seen that shows his middle name...

I think it's Roger. This debates been going on 4 years. He was named after his Dads stage name. It was the Prince Roger Trio.
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Reply #4 posted 07/27/03 3:11pm

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Jamademus said:

squirrelgrease said:

It's Rogers on all of his trophies at the Park and every official document i've seen that shows his middle name...

I think it's Roger. This debates been going on 4 years. He was named after his Dads stage name. It was the Prince Roger Trio.



Here we go...
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Reply #5 posted 07/27/03 3:13pm

akashic

And it does state "Roger" on his birth certificate.
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Reply #6 posted 07/27/03 3:22pm

Finess

we just call him "steenky big head"
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Reply #7 posted 07/27/03 3:24pm

swiftyweb

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It is Rogers!!
It were proper bo I tell the!! Bo Selecta!
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Reply #8 posted 07/27/03 3:25pm

Handclapsfinga
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Finess said:

we just call him "steenky big head"

lol
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Reply #9 posted 07/27/03 3:28pm

akashic

It is Roger!!
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Reply #10 posted 07/27/03 3:29pm

Finess

and now knowing this we can all sleep a little better at night i guess smile
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Reply #11 posted 07/27/03 3:32pm

akashic

steenky big head Roger
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Reply #12 posted 07/27/03 3:43pm

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akashic said:

steenky big head Roger

that gotta nice ring to it...hmmm
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Reply #13 posted 07/27/03 5:47pm

Neversin

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akashic said:

It is Roger!!

Then how come the guy himself writes "Rogers"?

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Reply #14 posted 07/27/03 5:59pm

Marrk

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It's Rogers!!!
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Reply #15 posted 07/28/03 2:25am

bluelight

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According to his Birth Certificate, it's ROGER
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Reply #16 posted 07/28/03 3:15am

akashic

I just seen his very first recording contract with Warner Bros. in 1977 and its signed "Prince Rogers Nelson".
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Reply #17 posted 07/28/03 3:52am

pejman

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ROGERS DOGERS OVA & OUT
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Reply #18 posted 07/28/03 9:35am

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His birth certificate says "Roger", but, as has been widely circulated, the "Roger" surname was purposely amended much later on by Prince himself.

Therefore, the current legal apellation of Rogers would be quite accurate.

A similar but more debatable parallell is the case of Elvis' birth certificate, which states that his second name is "Aron", evidently as a result of a mistake made by either his parents or a registrar.
However, it is interesting to note that, for the sake of accuracy, Elvis's grave now bears the inscription Elvis Aaron Presley, seemingly in a bid to correct said mistake.

The above cases are actually not that unusual and individuals are frequently at liberty to choose a different name or apellation through legal means for a fee.

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Reply #19 posted 07/28/03 11:44am

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I've always thought it was "Rogers."
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Reply #20 posted 07/28/03 5:16pm

squirrelgrease

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Birth certificates, especially back in the day were quite often misspelled. Don't use that as you're best evidence peeps.


Oh, and it's Rogers...

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Reply #21 posted 07/28/03 5:19pm

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giotto said:

Elvis's grave now bears the inscription Elvis Aaron Presley, seemingly in a bid to correct said mistake.


Yeah, but he's not burried there. I saws him at Taco Bell last Saturday.
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Reply #22 posted 07/28/03 7:01pm

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Is Rogers...He was born Prince Rogers Nelson...Don't let me get into the details...
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Reply #23 posted 08/03/03 3:10pm

Lumenneito

What kind of a fan r u? If u don't even know his real name?!? It's Prince Rogers Nelson! =)
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Reply #24 posted 08/03/03 4:27pm

enjoyniki

Lumenneito said:

What kind of a fan r u? If u don't even know his real name?!? It's Prince Rogers Nelson! =)



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