> -----Original Message----- > From: lazarus [mailto:lazarus33pjf at cox.net] > Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:32 AM > To: Jerry Friedman > Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: vlad > > > On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:27:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > > >--- David Goldfarb <goldfarb at OCF.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: > > > > >> I think there's a noticeable difference between "The Enchantress of > >> Dzur Mountain", which is long, and just "Dzur", which has the hard to > >> say word in it but is at least short. With luck the latter will be > >> more manageable. > > > >I'd guess that it would be better to say "The Enchantress of > >*inaudible* Mountain" or "Brust's new book about the Enchantress" > >than it would be to cope with one "unpronounceable" word. > > > > Is it possible that it's not just "Dzur" that the people at Tor were > worried about, but the combination of "Enchantress" and "Dzur"? I've > heard "educated" people stumble over words like "enchantress" before. > > > Why not call it what Steve calls it? Hey Steve! What do you call it? W If you think Hurricane Felix made a mess, just wait until Hurricane Oscar. -- David Letterman