LOL oh that's a good point, that for names in particular they go for what would be most pronouncable? That makes a lot of sense. I wonder if it's any better for people who use the... Roman...?? alphabet but whose languages don't adhere to the English pronounciation rules. omg I took like three linguistics classes but obviously I learned nothing from them; I mean people who speak French or Spanish or other languages that use the same alphabet but that maybe have more vowel blends and diphthongs or whatever than English does. But even that doesn't match up. The Yuri/Yoona thing really makes the inconsistency clear because there's no reason for the difference. Maybe they were following a precedent/already accepted spelling for Yuri, because the equivalent Japanese name is spelled that way too? Yeah, I'm also just confused lol. I THINK THEY GO BY WHAT LOOKS PRETTIEST TO THEM!!

(Tangent: it's kind of fun to scroll through the different languages that use 'Yuri' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri) as a first name, both for men and women.)

SHINee's ifandom drives me crazy lol. Oh well, it's not a big deal, even though I don't know how the mistake happened... isn't it more logical to have Onew-->Onsook/Jonghyun-->Jonghee than Eunsook and Junghee? Not that logic is ever really relevant in kpop fandoms...