>On Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:47:11 -0700, jesse stephen bangs
><jaspax@...> wrote:
>
>>> I felt bored and wanted to mangle-ate names....
>>
Okay, here's Kash-- I'm assuming a linguistically unsophisticated
Kash-in-the-street, unexposed to alien languages, but making his best effort
to reproduce what he's heard:
>>> Yoon Ha Lee =
>>Yun Ha Li (pron. exactly the same!)
>
written Yun Ha Li, spoken [yuka li]
>>> Christophe Grandsire
>>Karistof Garandasair
>>(Ooh, "Garandasair" sounds great, I'll have to steal it for one of my
>>stories.)
>
>Krisitofo Kranasir
>
>>> Sally Caves
>>Sali Kévas
>
>Sali Keves
>>> Dan Sulani
>>Dan Sulani (totally unchanged)
>
>Tan Sulani
>>> Dan Seriff
>>Dan Serif (also rather unchanged)
>
>Tan Serifi
>
>>> Dirk Elzinga
>>If I follow the orthography I get "Dirk Elsinga" where {ng} = [Ng], but if
>>it's pronounced [d.Rk El'ziN@] as I do, then it would be understood as
>>"Dark Elsína" Another excellent story name: " 'The Dark Elsína is rising
>>in the north,' said the wizard Garandasair gravely." ;-)
>
>Tirik ElesiNga
>
>>> Taliesin = Taraíesin
>>Taliésin, assuming pronounciation [tali'ezIn]
>>
>Taliyesin
>>> Marcus Smith
>>Markus Samith
>
>Makrus Simit or Simis (some related langs. do have /T/)
>>> Jonathan Chang
>>Danathin Ten
>
>Canatan Cañ (pron. [canatanjaN])
>
>>> Nicole Perrin
>>Nikol Perin (not much changed, alas)
>
>Nikol Perin
>Also:
>
>Herman Miller
>Xielnik ^Canezumi ['CElnik 'tSanEzumi]
>(or Xermen Miler ['xErm@n 'mil@r])
Hembran Miler (might be pron. [xembrambiler]
and yours truly, Roger Mills
Racar Milis (possibly [racambrilis]