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Q&A Do hard to pronounce names break immersion?

You can criticise me, but if I get a name like the one you have used (I can't easily see how you get to the pronunciation you give), I simplify or skip it. The consequence is that hard-to-say names...

posted 6y ago by S. Mitchell‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:44:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/41744
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar S. Mitchell‭ · 2019-12-08T10:44:45Z (almost 5 years ago)
You can criticise me, but if I get a name like the one you have used (I can't easily see how you get to the pronunciation you give), I simplify or skip it. The consequence is that hard-to-say names get forgotten. Trying to work out who is who does break immersion. An alternative, assuming you don't want to change the names, is to spell them more phonetically.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-29T19:49:04Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 31