> Oh, and just to keep it on topic, care to guess how often any of these > people actually had their names pronounced correctly the first time > when introduced: > > 1) Aliera > 2) Corwin > 3) Reen I guess I have to wonder what the "trick" is in these names. Aliera is the only one that appears questionable. When I first read the books I read it as "Ah-lee-er-a" but later discovered that it's really "Ah-leer-ah". I suppose that Reen could be "rain" as someone suggested. Corwin, though, seems self evident. What are the supposed variations of it?