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AKA, give thanks the Great Schism. It made alphabets weird.

The real pronunciation has been pretty much universally abandoned. It should be pronounced dee-EL. The 'z' in the middle of the name is there because the 'z' looks sorta like the gaelic letter that should really be there, but they are completely different and have a totally different sound to them. Ah fun with names.

I think the Parish of the same name is still pronounced correctly. Not that I've contact with any of the family there to confirm it. (Grandpa's Aunts were there, but that branch of the family doesn't talk, not even when they're in the same bloody town.)

I have heard the Czech pronunciation of my name, but I can't replicate it.

When a box of loose tea falls apart, it makes a very large mess.

Even just a single tea bag! I was lifting a tea bag down off a high shelf a few weeks ago, and it tore, and then sprayed all over the kitchen and into my eyes. I was still finding bits of tea in my eye the next morning!

I think the Parish of the same name is still pronounced correctly.

Yeah, there are still some places that pronounce it correctly, but even the majority of my relatives in Ireland don't use the old prononciation.

Mmm, I want tea.

Wow. Lessons learnt meetings are rife at the best of times, and I'm doing my darndest to take as much blame as is possibly applicable on my own head, but I think these two guys seem to really hate each other, and I don't know how to stop everyone from setting each other on fire.

Take good care of your passport, or else you might not be allowed to travel.

Denver family stranded after passport denied because of crease

A Denver family was supposed to be in Belize this week enjoying a beach getaway with their loved ones.

Instead, they’re in a hotel room in Dallas, TX because an American Airlines official there claimed they had a mutilated passport.

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Little Kye’s passport has a crease on the back cover, which Gosnell says came from him accidentally sitting on the passport.

His passport was questioned, but not denied. It was Kyle Gosnell’s that was the real problem. It has a small crease on the back cover, and is overall weathered and worn.

While some travelers may consider that a badge of honor, of sorts, the government doesn’t.

Ray Priest, owner of International Passport Visas in Denver, said your passport isn’t actually yours at all; it belongs to the US government.

“To have a passport is privilege, it’s not entitled to you by citizenship,” Priest said. He said the issue may be with a microchip embedded in the back of all new passports. “They have no reason in the world to let you travel if it’s been damaged,” Priest said. “It’s like cutting your photo out or something if that chip doesn’t work.”

I went and quizzed the Polish geologist on paczki pronunciation. He proclaimed donuts as close enough. Steph, please come visit and set him straight, also bring pohn checky.

Has anyone here seen the Broadway show Traces? I missed it when it came through Denver but thought it looked interesting. Come to find out, a high school friend who graduated and joined the circus is one of the director/choreographers.