----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Randall" <brian@azurite.org>
To: "Innocent Bystanders" <FFML@anifics.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: [FFML] [Ranma/Goldenboy/Love Hina] Diamonds in the Rough: Chapter two

         "Auuugh..." Shinobu whimpered. "Not again! Motoko is trying
to seduce Koara!"

Okay, this is something that's been bothering me, and I simply can't not ask.
Why do you call her Koara?  All the mangascans I've seen have her as Kaolla,
the anime eps I've checked (fansubs, dunno about the region 1 release of the
dvds) call her Kaolla, and I've been told that the official release of the
manga by Tokyopop calls her Kaolla as well.  Now, I could see calling her
Kaora, because of the whole Japanese l/r thing(although it does bring to mind
fears of seeing people start writing Ranma fics with names such as Lanma or
Lyouga or Corogne), even though it really stands out since every other source
I've seen has it as Kaolla, but why do you switch it to Koara, instead?  Is
this a simple misspelling (although completely consistent) or do you have a
reason for switching the 'ao' to 'oa'?

As it is, it's very jarring to read 'Koara' over and over again.  I'm hoping
it's just a mistake, but finding out there's a reason for it, no matter what
the reason is, would at least turn it into just a slightly annoying quirk
instead of something that causes me to pause every time I come across it.
Interrupts the flow of the reading just a little bit.


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