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To: epicure who wrote (2216)7/25/2005 2:31:03 PM
From: Constant Reader  Respond to of 541076
 
I think most of us have a similar problem. It is relatively easy, for example, for me to remember and differentiate East Asian names because of my studies, and I find myself reading other foreign names using the vowel and consonant sounds common to Chinese & Japanese, whether appropriate or not (usually not, I'm sure).