---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Philip Hart <philiph at slac.stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 23:04:23 -0700 (PDT) >> #On Sat, 19 Jun 2004, Mark A Mandel wrote: >> # >> #> the authoritative representation in our alphabet of the given name of >> #> the lord of Castle Black, whose meaning is "Dark Star" in the language >> #> of the Silites, is "Morrolan", with double-R and single- (Philip wrote this one) >"rollan" is likely a unit or group (from M's father), so "Morollan" makes >a good deal of sense to me. Ah, but "Morollan" looks as if it ought to be pronounced "Moro-lan", emphasis on the last syllable, whereas we know that SKZB feels that that particular proper name ought to be pronounced "Muh-ROL-an", emphasis second syllable. (I think. My copy of _Jhereg_ is currently in Puerto Rico.) While we're on the subject, people need to STOP misspelling "Daymar" as "M-a-r-i-o"; it's very confusing. ¬ mj