Also to clarify this example would be considered one S "letter" under Thanz' explanation. If we were counting names they would certainly be 3 seperate guess', and not phonetically very similiar either. And yes I know it was just an example, but lets not get confused. To count this as 1 S "name" would skew just as badly as counting it as 3 S "first letters". How about this for a suggestion. Would it be possible to count "letter" guess' seperately from "name" guess'? The problem here is that he often uses both within the same reading. He often starts with a letter connection and then moves on to some narrowing techniques with specific names starting with that letter. I just think if you count them and analyze them seperately, that would eliminate the problem of how they should be counted if you only use one category for all.Posted by neofight:
Something like "Steve, Stephanie or Stan", would not. That should only be considered as one "S" name. Anything else would skew the count in such a way as to render it misleading, and therefore useless.