1st book >From: lazarus <lazarus33pjf at cox.net> >To: Jag <agrajag at dragaera.net> >CC: Mark A Mandel <mam at theworld.com>, Philip Hart ><philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU>, dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Re: comments, question about _Phoenix_ >Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:50:26 -0800 > >On 25 Feb 2003 17:31:17 -0500, you 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. > >Pronunciation guide? Was this on the list? Or am I having a complete >brain lapse and it was in one of the books? > > > > >-- > >lazarus > >"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, >or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is >not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable >to the American Public." -- Theodore Roosevelt _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus