On Mar 31, 2004, at 7:54 AM, Howard Brazee wrote: > skzb wrote: > >> Teresa, on her Web log, was just discussing this--the difficulty >> pronouncing the combined sounds of "Echantess" and "Dzur" close to >> each other. There are two assumptions here: 1) The sales people >> don't know anything and can't read 2) One wants the salespeople >> enthusiastic about the book. > > One thing is that none of the titles mean much for people who don't > know > what they're buying. Heck, there are fans of the series who have > trouble > remembering which novel is _Jhreg_. > > I wonder if people have returned _Dragon_ or _Orca_ to the store > saying that > the title mislead them. > > p.s. The above quote has "Enchantess", (without an "r" which could > cause > some confusion) > Actually, it also lacks the 'n'--creating a marvelous neologism (with apologies) mean some kind of computerized (E-) female singer (chanteuse--anglified)....