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Originally Posted by DixieGal
If you want your character to be called Triathelete, then call him Triathelete. Don't spell it Tr'th'leit and expect me to care. Nothing turns me off faster than trying to sound out something with too few vowels and too many apostrophes. It is very intrusive and I can never lose myself in the story.
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To follow on this, it is probably best to avoid potentially punny names unless humor is a part of the series. As an example, in the comic book series "Legion Of Super-Heroes" (set 1,000 years from now) the hero Ultra Boy's real name is Jo Nah. He got his powers (basically each of Superman's powers, but can only use only one at a time) from being swallowed by a space whale.