> I haven't checked this myself, but I thought it was 1 > for "Issolas" and 2 or 3 for "Issola"? The strength of > the "possibly" rests on the ratio between the two forms, > so it's relevant to include numbers for both. Actually, some of the plurals I cited appeared in more than one novel, but I only listed the most recent by publication date. Furthermore, the book search doesn't have all the books, so I don't think we can yet do any sort of enumeration of usage yet, at least not without a little more diligence. > I would say that the references that only appear in /Jhereg/, > especially, are probably just "rough edges" of Dragaera that > get "worn off" by the time Steve's got a few books under his > belt. I was thinking the same way, which is why I listed the most recent reference only. That would make "Sethra Lavode" the most accurate, according to this way of thinking, so I started reading it with an eye for plurals, and right off the bat, page 14 of the Preface, I see: "Zerika's support was strongest among the Lyorn, Tiassa, and Hawk nobles, a statistic that would seem irrational, as these Houses stood to gain the Orb sooner with a Dragon on the throne. Yet Lyorns have always held that the Orb was sacred, and in such questions, the Tiassas have more often than not followed the Lyorns' lead." Bryan