> You complain about the cultural insensitivity of calling Tchakalakakalal > (whatever the heck his name was) "Charles" but guess what, Sean - that's > your cultural bias. Ray isn't writing a book about 21st century dorks who > communicate via email. He's writing about soldiers and people in a fantasy > realm - they don't give a damn about your own cultural sensitivity. If you > can't even suspend disbelief that much, I shudder to imagine what your > "book" looks like. Christ, you'd have Huck Finn calling Jim an > "African-American"! >
Actually, a lot of chinese people coming to North America adapt their names for an american prononciation. Ka-Hong=Casey, KaiXin=Kevin, etc. Since the tsuranis is of asian-type culture, I don't see too much problem here. PJ
