She actually explained it recently in an article in XLR8R, and it does come from the "Miss Stress" word play.
Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "matt hellige" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 11:39 PM Subject: Re: [313] Mistress Barbra > ["M. Todd Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] > > Where did you find this really erroneous piece of information? > > dunno about the explanation, but she does spell it with two (four?) s's... > check any of her releases, etc... > > m > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > >just a side note, i found out it's spelled misStress barbra.....as in miss > > >stress, kinda cool.. > > > > > -- > matt hellige - syntax [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://matt.immute.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >