Dragaera

vlad

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Tue Mar 30 16:32:49 PST 2004

lazarus wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 15:27:21 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>
>> 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.

"enchantress"?    Maybe the word they object to is "mountain".  That "ai"
diphthong can be a killer.

Who says it has to make sense?