>>(I am given to understand, btw, that it's pronounced "skrang", much as
>>T'skaia is pronounced "sky-uh".)
>
>Keen. More Komodo Dragon and less Pterodactyl than I was picturing,
>but very cool.

Individual t'skrang vary quite a bit - there are some whose faces are pointier, and some (I'm told) even resemble duck-billed dinosaur types. The crests on their heads vary quite a bit as well.

And, of course, if Laubenstein drew them they're lumpy.

>I'll also gather from your pronunciation note that
>Sky's name isn't nearly as unpronouncable as it looks.

Nope... it's long, but not actually very hard to pronounce. The tricky bit is to remember to put the stop between the a's in in "Vorokoshiga'ar" but NOT in "Ixtixtaaqitl't'chl'Vraihelt", and that t's followed by apostrophes are silent.

(As I briefly consider recording myself saying it and putting it up somewhere, like Verizon had to do when they changed their name to stop people pronouncing it "VURR-iz-un". HINT: If you have to include a pronunciation example on your website, you've chosen a bad name for your company.)

>(Idly wondering if Juri plays electric bass)

I don't think so.

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