Apostrophe in Your Name? You Can't Fly!

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "James J. O'Donnell" <provost () georgetown edu>
> Date: November 27, 2009 9:50:30 AM EST
> To: dave () farber net
> Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Apostrophe in Your Name? You Can't Fly!

> Dave, as an apostrophized American (who always thought it was an  
> educational advantage that I had to learn about apostrophes several  
> years before my classmates did), I'm not too worried about this one,  
> but I would be curious to hear from any IPers who really know just  
> why the apostrophe has remained such an issue for some systems at  
> this late date.  My various credit and bank cards split down the  
> middle, some with, some without the apostrophe.
>
> Jim O'Donnell
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 11:26 PM, David Farber <dave () farber net>  
> wrote:
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Randall Webmail <rvh40 () insightbb com>
> Date: November 26, 2009 10:49:08 PM EST
> To: johnmacsgroup () yahoogroups com, dewayne () warpspeed com, dave () farber net
> Subject: From RISKS Digest
>
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:36:56 -0800 (PST)
> From: Chris J Brady <chrisjbrady () yahoo com>
> Subject: Apostrophe in Your Name? You Can't Fly!
>
> This is the stuff of nightmares - not to mention enormous  
> frustration and
> possible stomach ulcers. If you have an apostrophe in your name -  
> like many
> of Irish descent do - you may find it impossible to board an  
> airplane in the
> coming months. Why? Because airline computers can't print an  
> apostrophe on
> the boarding pass, the name on your boarding pass will not exactly  
> match the
> name on your driver's license or passport. And beginning next year,  
> the two
> must match or you don't fly. And they call this progress. CJB.
>
>
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