>By pure coincidence, on the 28th I read the parts of The Shiva Option
>featuring a Commodore Taliaferro, rendered by the Orion accent as
>Tahlivver. Another character notes that the Orions are therefore more
>accurate in pronouncing it than most humans, who get misled by the
>spelling.

A terrible book, by most measures, but somehow, I love it so anyway.

If nothing else, it blows up real good.

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Iä! Iä! Moe fthagn!