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Smyle when you say that
Post by C. O. Thompson   » Tue Sep 27, 2016 2:38 pm

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OK… I know we had discussions on pronunciations and I was going to return to that thread to post this but then I noticed we are up to 1,705 topics on 86 pages and decided that re reading, even the title of the topics would take me longer than I want, heck… I bet one of you would be able to reply before I finish my research so…
Sharleyan; I had been pronouncing as Shirley Ann but, now I am re-reading as I have with each new release and it occurred to me that it could be pronounced Charlene.
Any thoughts??
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by evilauthor   » Tue Sep 27, 2016 3:17 pm

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Hmm. Charlene does seem more likely.

Frankly, I've been mentally pronouncing her name phonetically as spelled: shar lay yun
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by Louis R   » Tue Sep 27, 2016 3:38 pm

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I use that pronunciation as well. And have always assumed that it evolved from Charlene.

evilauthor wrote:Hmm. Charlene does seem more likely.

Frankly, I've been mentally pronouncing her name phonetically as spelled: shar lay yun
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by Charybdis   » Tue Sep 27, 2016 3:57 pm

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We may have to go to the audio for this one (AND many others!) :!:

For myself, I always look at it as (soft 'c') CharlieAnn(e)! But then, what do I know? :?:
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by C. O. Thompson   » Tue Sep 27, 2016 7:04 pm

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Charybdis wrote:We may have to go to the audio for this one (AND many others!) :!:

For myself, I always look at it as (soft 'c') CharlieAnn(e)! But then, what do I know? :?:


Thanks... Your choice of CharlieAnn is very close to what I had been reading but, it never felt quite right...
I ought to consider audio because I have dyslexia but, I still like the feel of a hardbound book on my lap and the ability to turn back a page or three to re-read.
Of course, I realize that much of that is the learned response to my reading difficulty and I am just about stubborn enough to be a republican senator.
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by XofDallas   » Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:20 pm

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It's Charlene. Her nickname is Sharley ("Charlie"). lol, Daivyn calls he Empress Sharley.

The closest to Daivyn I've been able to think up is "Devon."
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by Sharp Claw   » Wed Sep 28, 2016 3:04 am

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If it's not Charlene, it must be Sharley Anne.
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by emeye   » Wed Sep 28, 2016 6:19 am

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I still see her as Sharon; it is just that the Safeholdians don't know how to pronounce her name properly 8-)

Sharleyan Tayt == Sharon Tate

Roman Polansky is already present in other RFCs universe.

Sharp Claw wrote:If it's not Charlene, it must be Sharley Anne.
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by C. O. Thompson   » Wed Sep 28, 2016 9:57 am

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emeye wrote:I still see her as Sharon; it is just that the Safeholdians don't know how to pronounce her name properly 8-)

Sharleyan Tayt == Sharon Tate

Roman Polansky is already present in other RFCs universe.

Sharp Claw wrote:If it's not Charlene, it must be Sharley Anne.


Considering that we have a Norman Bates, a Peter Sellers and a John Smoltz all peaking at us with tongue in cheek, Sharon Tate could be another but, I thought the pronunciation too far off to have considered that option.
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Re: Smyle when you say that
Post by PeterZ   » Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:49 am

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C. O. Thompson wrote:
emeye wrote:I still see her as Sharon; it is just that the Safeholdians don't know how to pronounce her name properly 8-)

Sharleyan Tayt == Sharon Tate

Roman Polansky is already present in other RFCs universe.


Considering that we have a Norman Bates, a Peter Sellers and a John Smoltz all peaking at us with tongue in cheek, Sharon Tate could be another but, I thought the pronunciation too far off to have considered that option.


Sharon Tate was killed by Charlie Manson. Mashup up Charlie and Sharon and Sharleyan is not too far off.
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