# Band names in other words

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 11, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596 "2013-09-11T19:43:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 12

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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/221 "2013-09-17T19:37:32Z")

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> [@Ellen\_Cherry](#):
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> NEW: Kennedy Coin

Fifty cent.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/222 "2013-09-17T19:57:01Z")

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New:

Hope It’s Not A Mirage

Hermes Sublets from FedEx

The Tribe of the National Association of the Deaf

and still waiting on

Mother of Mary

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/223 "2013-09-17T20:34:30Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> New:
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> Hermes Sublets from FedEx

Quicksilver Messenger Service?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/224 "2013-09-17T20:37:59Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> The Tribe of the National Association of the Deaf

Ahhhh… I only got this because I’m Irish.  
Clannad

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/225 "2013-09-17T20:39:31Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Mother of Mary

Something just clicked in my brain, because I’m Catholic.

The mother of the Virgin Mary was St. Anne. Which, in Spanish, is…  
**SANTANA**

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/226 "2013-09-20T21:13:35Z")

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Nobody got mine. What do I win?

Or am I the biggest loser? :sad:

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**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/227 "2013-09-25T20:34:20Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Nobody got mine.

Thin Lizzy?

New: Temperamental Adult Snappers

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/228 "2013-09-25T20:36:26Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Something just clicked in my brain, because I’m Catholic.
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> The mother of the Virgin Mary was St. Anne. Which, in Spanish, is…  
> **SANTANA**

Correct.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-names-in-other-words/668596/229 "2013-09-25T20:37:46Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> Quicksilver Messenger Service?

> [@astorian](#):
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> Ahhhh… I only got this because I’m Irish.  
> Clannad

Both correct.

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