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Originally Posted by GrannyGrump
Which does remind me of a peeve in modern speculative/fantasy books -- the unpronounceable “alien” name or phrase. Having to stop to puzzle out a word like “Bxzphorrhgrw” is likely to put the author on my better-never-read list.
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There are those authors who supply a pronunciation guide for those unpronounceable names or words that you rapidly realize does not cover half the words/names used.
Then there were authors like Lovecraft who didn't bother about pronunciation. Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn, for instance.