The weird names of fantasy don't bother me at all as a reader (I have been reading fantasy for a long time, now, and have also worked internationally). Life is colourful and I like my books to challenge me and be a 'realistic' alternate reality.
It doesn't matter if I can't pronounce it, either. I will pronounce it in my own way in my head (probably wrong) and remember the pattern, so reading odd names is not a problem at all.
Sometimes a name doesn't have to be weird to fit, it just has to have a reason. Jill, from the Deverry books, comes to mind.
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It doesn't matter if I can't pronounce it, either. I will pronounce it in my own way in my head (probably wrong) and remember the pattern, so reading odd names is not a problem at all.
Sometimes a name doesn't have to be weird to fit, it just has to have a reason. Jill, from the Deverry books, comes to mind.