[stylist] being overwhelmed?

[Judith Bron]

Did any of you read the "Bobbsey Twins" when you were kids?  One pair of 
twins was Freddy and Flossy and the other was Nan and Dan.  Laura Lee Hope 
sold millions of books.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com>
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] being overwhelmed?


>I personally think the names will be fine. At first, I did contemplate the
> sameness being a problem but then I thought back to a story that I am
> writing.
>
> In my story, I actually have a naming convention that I am using that 
> causes
> some characters to have similar sounding names.
>
> This is fantasy so make your own call. <smile>
>
> Cindy
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of helene ryles
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 7:21 PM
>> To: Writer's Division Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] being overwhelmed?
>>
>>
>> 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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