> -----Original Message----- > From: lazarus [mailto:lazarus33pjf at cox.net] > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 10:44 AM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: vlad > > > On Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:32:49 -0700, you wrote: > > >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? > > > > > > > It's the double "nch" sound, I think, that throws them. Not too many > words in the English language like that, and folks tend to be > uncomfortable speaking unfamiliar words. > > That's a fairly entrenched position. Humph. I wish salesdroids would give readers more credit. W Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo. --H. G. Wells