> 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


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