Never read her books, but I've always had fun trying to pronounce her last name. My current favorite is "Cherr-ih-huh-huh."It's pronounced "Cherry". Her real name is Cherry, her publisher had her add the silent "h" at the end, as to not look like a romance novelist's name.
That is the most ridiculous thing I've read all day, but it's only 7:46 AM here. I never knew about Cherryh until about two years ago, and then the "exoticness" of her last name always irritated the hell out of me for no good reason, other than I never knew how to pronounce it, and it didn't seem quite real. What was it, I wondered, some distant western European family name? And now I find out that her real name is just plain ol' Cherry, and that the pretend "h" at the end of her name is supposed to be silent. I'm sorry, but somebody just pressed my stupid button.
I think I'll go with a previous poster and start pronouncing her name Cherry-Huh-Huh (with probably a few more dumb-sounding "a huh huh huh"s on the end, for bonus dumbness) whenever I have to say it.
I've never read anything by her. This post is simply fueled by my irritation at what stupid things people will do to market products. I know it's totally irrational, but I have to say the fact of the extra h makes me not want to read her work, rather than make me want to read it. That is willful resistance, just to spite the marketing director's asinine strategy, combined with my gut reaction that the last name of Cherryh is a gimmick.
