[stylist] being overwhelmed?

[helene ryles]

I hope this doesn't complicate things further but Zahira and Zaina,
and Nadia were originally christened with male names: Zahir, Zayn,
Zaki and Nadir. Their mother tried to pretend they were boys since
that's what she wanted.
Helene

On 23/04/2009, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Judith: I've changed character names before. Even major character
> names.  I have no problem renaming if it's going to make things easier
> for the reader. After all I do want them to read my book.
>
> I don't know if this confuses things any more but Zaina and Zahira
> start their life as a set of triplets but their sister Zakia dies as a
> toddler. Their abusive mother gets angry and shakes her. That's why
> they get to be moved to Nassoli with Deaf foster parents in the first
> place.  Unfortunately their elder sister Nadia is left behind.
>
> Helene
>
> On 23/04/2009, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Is Zaina and Zahira any less confusing?
>>
>> Helene.
>>
>> On 23/04/2009, helene ryles <dreamavdb at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Yes, Zohara and Zahira are twins. Do you think their names should be
>>> slightly more differant?
>>>
>>> Helene
>>>
>>> On 23/04/2009, LoriStay at aol.com <LoriStay at aol.com> wrote:
>>>> Here's another problem.   Are they twins?   Their names are so close
>>>> that
>>>> the reader will get confused, especially the sighted reader, as most
>>>> sighted
>>>> people read whole words, not letter by letter.   (This is probably the
>>>> same
>>>> for the Braille reader).
>>>> Lori
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 4/20/09 10:56:49 PM, dreamavdb at googlemail.com
>>>> writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Zohara and Zahira live in an environment with a high number of deaf
>>>>> people.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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