Two Questions

[osprey_archer]

Two questions.

1. If I say a character has "skin like fallen leaves," what does that say to you?

2. Are the names Ammeri and Arenyay likely to get confused (given that they both start with A)? And how would you pronounce them?

Comments

[coraa.livejournal.com]

1. If the person was clearly meant to be an ordinary human, I'd assume it was a metaphor for thin, dry, brittle skin, as of someone who is very old or very ill. If there was a chance it was a fantastic character, I'd think colorful/multicolored (red, yellow, orange).

2. I wouldn't get them confused, and I'd pronounce them a-MER-ee (to rhyme with "the pear fee") and a-REN-yay (to rhyme with "the glen pay").

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

"The pear fee" has morphed in my head to "a pear tree" and now the Twelve Days of Christmas is on perpetual loop. This is especially amusing because I get the middle verses garbled.