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?