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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's a whole series of fantasy books that I cannot read because the author litters the text with apostrophes - mostly in the middle of otherwise unremarkable names. Luckily, every title in the series has an unnecessary apostrophe so they are easily avoided.
(Yes, I am one of those people who get twitchy in the presence of a wrongly used apostrophe.)