by M. L. Ryan
“I’m going to be Mrs.Wertiopasdfkcnm?” I asked, fumbling over the word.
Alex grinned. “Technically, you will be Hailey, Duchess of Wertiopasdfkcnm. But you’ll have time to work on the pronunciation.”
Maybe if I live to be a thousand.
“That’s it,” I proclaimed, reaching across Alex to kill the light. “I’m keeping my maiden name.”
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About the Author
M.L. Ryan is a professional woman—which is not to say that she gave up her amateur status, but rather that she is over-educated with a job that reflects her one-time reluctance to leave school and get "real" work—and she spends a lot of time in that profession reading highly technical material. She has many stories rolling around in her head, and she finally decided to write some of them. She prefers literature not saddled with excruciating symbolism, ponderous dialogue, or worldly implications. She also doesn’t like plots so reliant on love at first sight that it makes her feel like her head might implode. M.L. Ryan lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband and teenage son, three cats, two dogs and an adopted desert tortoise.
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Pronunciations
Many followers of The Coursodon Dimension Series mention their frustration over how those #%^@ Courso words are pronounced. If you have ever pondered how to say Xyzok, it’s pronunciation is here, along with a few of the more perplexing ones. Grammarians will undoubtedly become apoplectic that I have not used the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols, but I can never keep those straight. Besides, the IPA doesn’t exist outside of the human dimension.
Aldegrexynthor: all-di-grecks-IN-thor
Alenquai: AL-en-keye
Boklym: BOCK-limb
Clovistoxi: cloh-vis-TOCKS-ee
Doflitoj: DOH-fli-toes
Drryxi: DRICKS-ee
Dyzopga: DIE-zop-gah
Frylyxinazam: fry-LICKS-in-uh-zam
Glyzimutitch Zolmere: gleye-ZIM-oot-itch ZOLE-mare
Gryndin lypsemma: GRIN-din lips-EM-uh
Hewlyxnathin: hue-LICKS-nuh-thin
Iryxij: EAR-icks-idge
Jjestri: JEST-ree
Jyrgitsap: JUR-git-sap
Klipsylfa: CLIPS-ill-fuh
Klydilap:kl-EYE-di-lap
Marqizobaz: mar-KEY-zoh-bah-z
Masitai: MAZ-it-eye
Myrjix: MIR-jicks
Nyqui: NEYE-kwee
Pimcyska: pim-SIS-kah
Pitxyigthytinmxylazl:pronounced as spelled
Qajinyb: KAH-jin-ib
Rexanatyxa: wrecks-anna-TICKS-uh
Ryxjat: RICKS-jat
Surjjestri: sir-JEST-ree
Swiplij: SWHIP-lidge
Sylzinia: sill-ZIN-ee-uh
Syzbasti: siz-BAST-ee
Thywipiz: thy-WHIP-iz
Tjryxina: tricks-EEN-uh (the “j” is silent)
Ulut: OOH-lut
Wiqyrd dirthyxa: WICK-erd dirth-ICKS-uh
Wyxinorolyxazam:wicks-in-oral-ICKS-uh-zam
Xterixa: ecks-ter-EEKS-uh
Xyzok: ZEYE-zock
Yterixa: why-ter-EEKS-uh
Ziqua: ZEE-kwah
Zobojix: ZOH-bow-jicks
Zylexai: zeye-LECKS-eye