On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Jag wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 17:23, Mark A Mandel wrote: > > On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Philip Hart wrote: > > > > #To those polite souls who have privately informed me how to spell the > > #Demon Goddess's name, my bad. I'll stick to tDG in future because I'll > > #never remember which leterr (hmm, this joke is a total failure) in her > > #name to double. Probably I've been misspelling Khaavren wrong too - oops. > > > > You've got his name right. The problem with Verra's name is that the > > pronunciation Steve gave us for it, "veera", is at odds with the > > spelling. It probably has something to do with different people hearing > > different things when a god speaks... ;-) > > This 'problem' is actually how I remember it. For quite a while I > pronounced it along the lines of 'vera' (short 'e'), but then I saw the > pronunciation guide and was quite shocked. So now I usually remember > either the pronunciation or the spelling, and just remember to double > the other letter to go between the two. I've tried to remember the way something works by remembering that it works the way I think it doesn't, but then eventually I start thinking it works the way it does work and then I get screwed when I reverse it. When's the audio version of _Jhereg_ coming out? Say with Ray Liotta as Vlad? Or Vin Diesel?