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Alan and I have been doing phone banking for Nathan Vaughn, who is running for State Representative in our district. We are using this computer program that brings up names and phone numbers of "strong Democrats."

One of the problems is that often the names are difficult to pronounce, and you don't want to offend the people you are calling. Thursday I encountered the first name "Okey." I puzzled about that one. Was it pronounced like "OK" or "Okie"? I finally settled on "OK," picturing some father looking down on his newborn son, saying, "Well, I guess he is Okey."

Luckily, Okey didn't answer his/her phone, so I didn't have to deal with the issue.