Every time I see it spelled Rao, I think of Superman. Great Rao! Jennifer >---------- >From: CSUE@delphi.com[SMTP:CSUE@delphi.com] >Sent: Friday, April 04, 1997 7:57 AM >To: logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU >Subject: Re: More Name Choices > >Re: Lao versus Rao (names) ... > >Rao is actually an Inidian name; I think Lao would go better for an Asian >character. Needn't be Chinese, however; could be Viet Namese, Cambodian, >etc. I don't recall reading anything specific about his ethnicity in >the novels, and of course, since his name was in kana, we couldn't >tell if it was supposed to be an R or an L from that! > >- Sue >