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Old 05-17-2013, 04:16 PM
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Default It'a a Miracle

Being born and raised Catholic I was taught in school the miracle of the apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. A rather significant miracle and rock solid in the Top Ten of Catholic miracles. Shift forward twenty years and I have become card collector, pre-ebay, pre Net54, pre just about everything except Lipsets Vols 1-3, Larry Fritch, and card shows. So while at my first card show I approach a dealer table and ask if he has any Fatima's. I pronounce it the way I was taught in Catholic School...FAT-eh-ma. He quickly corrected me that it was pronounced Fa-TEEM-ah. Being a card show newbie I was a bit embarrassed.

I pronounced Contentnea wrong for many years as well.

I am not really sure how to correctly pronounce Breisch (Williams), or Yuenglings.

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