COFFEE BREAK
B6 — THE OBSERVER & BAKER CITY HERALD
THuRSDAY, DECEmBER 9, 2021
Divorced dad carries torch 10 years later
moved in with other people. I am
currently single; she’s still in a
relationship. She recently called
and asked me for advice because
she’s not happy in her current
relationship.
I have never stopped loving
her, but I don’t want to take
advantage of her present situa-
tion. My kids know how I feel
and so do my friends, so she
probably does, too. Would it be
wrong of me to try to rekindle
what we once had, even if there’s
the slightest chance of she and
her current partner working
through their issues? I’m not sure
she feels the same way about
me as I do her. — TORN IN
WISCONSIN
DEAR TORN: When your
ex-wife called to tell you things
aren’t going well between her
DEAR ABBY: I am a
45-year-old divorced father of
three. Two of them I share with
my ex-wife. We were married for
14 years and have been divorced
for 10 years now. Our mar-
riage started falling apart when I
became addicted to prescription
pain medication. I was using for
a couple of years, but I’m sober
now.
Our divorce was amicable,
and I think we still maintain a
great friendship. We call each
other occasionally and talk about
things other than the kids. After
our divorce we both dated and
three roommates. In the course
of my interview, the screening
process to see if I’d be a good fit
for the house, I neglected to men-
tion that I have a girlfriend. Nat-
urally, I’d like to have her see the
place, meet my roommates and
sleep over, but I also don’t want
to ruffle any feathers or be pre-
mature in having company over.
When would be an appropriate
time to have this discussion with
them? — PONDERING IN
THE PRESIDIO
DEAR PONDERING: If you
want a good relationship with
your roommates, NOW would
be a good time to raise the sub-
ject. If you do, you may be pleas-
antly surprised to find they have
no objection. If they did, they
should have mentioned some-
thing during your interview.
family now. Please advise. —
HESITANT GRANDMA IN
OHIO
DEAR HESITANT
GRANDMA: I am sorry for
the pain you are experiencing
regarding your son’s diagnosis.
Your husband wants to make the
move, and your son has told you
he does not want you to change
your plans. If it’s financially fea-
sible, it might make sense for
you and your husband to rent a
place in Florida for a year and,
depending upon how well your
son is doing, decide later if you
want to make it permanent. Per-
haps your husband could go
ahead without you if you choose
to stay behind.
DEAR ABBY: I have just
moved into a room in a shared
house. I like the location and my
and her current partner, she
opened the door to you doing
what you are contemplating. If
they are not married, you have
every right to tell her you have
never stopped loving her and ask
if she might have similar feel-
ings. If she doesn’t, it would be
better for you to know that. But
if her answer is yes, it would be
worth a try.
DEAR ABBY: My husband
and I always planned on retiring
to Florida. Our son, who is mar-
ried with children, has been diag-
nosed with a slow-progressing
but deadly disease. My husband
still wants to move, but now I am
not sure. Our son said we should
live our life because we worked
hard to retire and should go. I
don’t know if I could be happy
that far away from him and his
NEWS OF THE WEIRD
‘Cheugy,’ ‘omicron’ among 2021’s most mispronounced words
in lost trade. Many news-
casters mistook the name of
the ship as “Evergreen,” the
name of the company that
owns the vessel, which was
printed on its hull.
• Glasgow: The host
city of November’s United
Nations Climate Confer-
ence was mispronounced
by both President Joe
Biden and former president
Barack Obama.
• Kelce: The Philadel-
phia Eagles center Jason
Kelce revealed on radio this
year that his teammates and
the media had been mis-
pronouncing his name for
years.
• Omicron: A new
variant of COVID-19 first
identified in November,
named in keeping with the
World Health Organiza-
tion’s system of identifying
variants with Greek let-
ters. (Touma notes it’s pro-
nounced differently in the
U.S. and the U.K.)
• Shein: The Chinese
fast fashion company at the
center of the “Shein haul”
trend, in which participants
record themselves trying on
numerous different outfits
from the company.
• Stefanos Tsitsipas: Cur-
rently ranked as the world’s
No. 4 tennis player, the
Greek athlete rose to inter-
national prominence when
he lost to Novak Djokovic
in the final of the French
Open in June.
• Yassify: A popular
trend in which multiple
beauty filters are applied to
well-known pictures or por-
traits for comic effect.
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
“Cheugy” is apparently a
lot to chew on. Grammy
Award-winning sing-
er-songwriter Billie Eilish
and Philadelphia Eagles
center Jason Kelce have
something in common —
broadcasters butcher their
names.
And virtually everyone
is having trouble with
“omicron.”
All four made it onto
this year’s list of most mis-
pronounced words as com-
piled by the U.S. Cap-
tioning Company, which
captions and subtitles real-
time events on TV and in
courtrooms.
The list released
Tuesday, Dec. 7, identifies
the words that proved most
challenging for newsreaders
and people on television to
pronounce this year.
The caption company
said it surveyed its mem-
bers to generate the list,
which is now in its sixth
year and was commis-
sioned by Babbel, a lan-
guage-learning platform
with headquarters in Berlin
and New York.
“Newscasters in the U.S.
have struggled with 2021′s
new words and names while
reporting on key sporting
events, viral internet trends
and emerging celebri-
ties,” said Esteban Touma,
a standup comedian and
teacher for Babbel Live.
“As a language teacher,
it’s always interesting to see
that some of these terms are
The Associated Press, File
Billie Eilish, the grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, made it onto this year’s list of most mispronounced words as compiled by the U.S.
Captioning Company, which captions and subtitles real-time events on TV and in courtrooms.
usually new colloquialisms,
or are rooted or borrowed
from another language,”
he said. “As a non-na-
tive speaker, I must con-
fess it’s fun to see English
speakers stumbling a bit for
a change.”
Here’s how Touma
breaks down the proper
pronunciations for the most
commonly misspoken
words:
• Cheugy: A trendy term
sugar and baking soda, pop-
ularized in Netflix’s “Squid
Game.” (Touma notes that
some speakers seem to pro-
duce a ”K” instead of the
”G” in the middle syllable.)
• Dogecoin: A divisive
cryptocurrency that began
somewhat ironically before
being popularized by Elon
Musk, causing its value to
dramatically increase.
• Eilish: The singer
Billie Eilish, whose album
popularized by Gen Z and
used to mock an outdated
and unfashionable aesthetic
typically associated with
millennials, such as “Live,
Laugh, Love” signs.
• Chipotle : The Amer-
ican fast food chain became
the center of a viral trend
this year challenging Baby
Boomers to pronounce the
name.
• Dalgona: A Korean
treat made with melted
weather
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“Happier Than Ever” was
released this year to crit-
ical acclaim and nominated
for the Grammy Awards’
Album of the Year.
• Ethereum: Another
cryptocurrency that sky-
rocketed in value this year
amid the decentralized-cur-
rency boom.
• Ever Given: The name
of the ship that blocked
the Suez Canal in March,
costing billions of dollars
AROUND OREGON AND THE REGION
Astoria
Longview
39/47
Kennewick
38/46
St. Helens
37/47
TIllamook
38/48
39/49
39/47
36/48
Condon
FRI
Cloudy with a
bit of snow
Cloudy with
fl urries
Baker City
22 36 23
Comfort Index™
La Grande
2
0
3
0
38 29
Eugene
37 33
39 34
41 32
0
1
3
38 31
42 33
0
0
3
ALMANAC
NATION (for the 48 contiguous states)
High Tuesday
Low Tuesday
High: 86°
Low: -22°
Wettest: 0.42”
34°
30°
44°
33°
44°
36°
PRECIPITATION (inches)
Tuesday
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Normal year to date
0.00
0.06
0.20
5.07
8.41
Trace
0.08
0.49
10.06
16.01
0.34
0.60
0.97
22.64
23.15
AGRICULTURAL INFO.
HAY INFORMATION FRIDAY
Lowest relative humidity
Afternoon wind
Hours of sunshine
Evapotranspiration
55%
SW at 6 to 12 mph
0.3
0.03
RESERVOIR STORAGE (through midnight Wednesday)
Phillips Reservoir
Unity Reservoir
Owyhee Reservoir
McKay Reservoir
Wallowa Lake
Thief Valley Reservoir
39/49
TUESDAY EXTREMES
TEMPERATURES Baker City La Grande Elgin
N.A.
17% of capacity
15% of capacity
12% of capacity
11% of capacity
9% of capacity
STREAM FLOWS (through midnight Tuesday)
Grande Ronde at Troy
1080 cfs
Thief Valley Reservoir near North Powder
0 cfs
Burnt River near Unity
14 cfs
Umatilla River near Gibbon
210 cfs
Minam River at Minam
150 cfs
Powder River near Richland
16 cfs
Tamiami, Fla.
Babbitt, Minn.
Salt Point, La.
OREGON
High: 60°
Low: 23°
Wettest: 0.15”
Brookings
Lakeview
Astoria
SUN & MOON
FRI.
7:20 a.m. 7:21 a.m.
4:09 p.m. 4:09 p.m.
12:10 p.m. 12:33 p.m.
10:29 p.m. 11:40 p.m.
MOON PHASES
First
Dec 10
Full
Dec 18
Last
Dec 26
Grants Pass
New
Jan 2
Jordan Valley
24/34
Paisley
19/42
Frenchglen
25/38
Diamond
Grand View
Arock
25/37
26/43
25/41
Fields
Medford
23/39
Klamath Falls
20/39
Lakeview
16/39
McDermitt
19/35
RECREATION FORECAST FRIDAY
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
47/44/sh 49/38/r
44/33/c 47/34/r
39/27/pc 43/35/c
50/42/pc 49/44/r
37/20/pc 41/29/c
51/40/c 49/43/r
46/40/c 47/38/r
33/25/c 34/33/r
36/27/c 37/35/sn
48/40/c 50/40/r
50/40/c 57/37/r
48/40/c 49/37/r
38/32/c 41/37/r
36/28/c 43/36/r
33/23/c 35/31/sn
50/44/c 57/42/r
39/17/c 41/28/c
39/15/c 41/25/c
Boise
27/39
Shown is Friday’s weather. Temperatures are Thursday night’s lows and Friday’s highs.
City
Astoria
Bend
Boise
Brookings
Burns
Coos Bay
Corvallis
Council
Elgin
Eugene
Hermiston
Hood River
Imnaha
John Day
Joseph
Kennewick
Klamath Falls
Lakeview
27/41
Silver Lake
22/38
34/40
38/50
Juntura
21/37
37/46
Brookings
Ontario
25/41
Burns
21/42
Chiloquin
FRI.
A snowstorm hit New York City’s northern
and western suburbs on Dec. 9, 1786.
Morristown, N.J., received 21 inches, and
New Haven, Conn., had 17 inches.
THU.
39/48
REGIONAL CITIES
WEATHER HISTORY
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise
Moonset
22/36
Roseburg
Powers
27/41
Beaver Marsh
40/51
Comfort Index takes into account how the weather will feel based on a combination of factors. A rating of 10 feels
very comfortable while a rating of 0 feels very uncomfortable.
Brothers
35/43
Coos Bay
Huntington
24/35
30/44
Oakridge
22/33
25/37
Seneca
Bend
Elkton
Council
22/36
29/36
31/47
39/49
37 30
24/30
John Day
28/44
Sisters
Florence
42/48
22/33
Baker City
Redmond
39/46
38/48
2
1
Newport
Halfway
Granite
35/46
39 24
1
27/41
34/43
39/46
Corvallis
Enterprise
24/34
27/38
Monument
35/48
Idanha
Salem
MON
0
0
24 34 22
Comfort Index™
SUN
35 29
27 38 29
Comfort Index™
Enterprise
SAT
A little morning
Overcast,
Cloudy, a
snow
showers around shower possible
Elgin
27/36
La Grande
32/45
Maupin
TONIGHT
33/44
Pendleton
The Dalles
Portland
Newberg
33/43
Hood River
33/43
40/48
Lewiston
Walla Walla
37/50
Vancouver
36/45
Forecasts and graphics provided
by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
FRI.
City
Lewiston
Longview
Meacham
Medford
Newport
Olympia
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Powers
Redmond
Roseburg
Salem
Spokane
The Dalles
Ukiah
Walla Walla
SAT.
Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
43/33/c 44/39/r
46/43/c 47/39/r
34/28/sf 37/36/sn
40/30/c 43/38/r
46/42/c 48/40/r
44/39/c 45/35/r
41/25/c 43/36/c
48/41/c 56/40/r
43/37/c 49/36/r
47/42/c 48/40/r
49/39/c 48/41/r
44/30/c 49/33/r
48/38/c 48/41/r
46/43/c 49/40/r
32/30/pc 40/32/sf
49/38/c 53/38/r
34/27/sn 37/29/r
44/38/pc 47/37/r
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice
ANTHONY LAKES
PHILLIPS LAKE
A little a.m. snow
Snow
17
13
32
22
MT. EMILY REC.
BROWNLEE RES.
Cold with fl urries
A little a.m. snow
25
23
38
29
EAGLE CAP WILD.
EMIGRANT ST. PARK
Snow
Cloudy
21
12
32
26
WALLOWA LAKE
MCKAY RESERVOIR
Mostly cloudy
Mainly cloudy
33
23
43
37
THIEF VALLEY RES.
RED BRIDGE ST. PARK
Cloudy and chilly
Cloudy, fl urries
36
23
38
29