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"I don't know where that is," I said. There are a gaggle of places in Ireland called "Bally-" something; Ballyragget, Ballymun.... "Baile" is Irish for "town." (Rhymes with "tally.")
"It's down by Indonesia..."
"Oh, you mean Bali; in the south seas?" (Rhymes with "dolly."[for me])
"Yeah, Bally," he said.
"I thought you said Bally, like it was a town in Ireland." (Of course, no town is called simply "town.")
But, no; he'd called his friend and gotten through in Bali—which is remarkable, really, and attests to the flexibility of European telephones [ca. 2002.] It's a bit far to come for a cup of tea.
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