I cant use console.readline after console.read

[elvan]

using System;
namespace namespace1
{
    class class1
    {
        static void Main(String[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("What is your initial?");
            int name1 = Console.Read();     
            char ch = Convert.ToChar(name1);
            Console.WriteLine("What is your name again?");
            string name2 = Console.ReadLine();
            Console.WriteLine("This is the name1 " + ch + "\nThis is the name2 " + name2);
        }
    }
}

I was trying to get a character on first input then get a user full name on second input. But if i enter more than 1 character in the first input, console wont prompt me to enter second input and direct show the result shown below:
What is your initial?
testing
What is your name again?
This is the name1 t
This is the name2 esting
Press any key to continue . . .

How to let the console capture the first char in the first input and prompt user to key in second input ?

[tlhintoq]

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[tlhintoq]

Have you tried reading the MSDN for this?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...sole.read.aspx

The Read method blocks its return while you type input characters; it terminates when you press the Enter key. Pressing Enter appends a platform-dependent line termination sequence to your input (for example, Windows appends a carriage return-linefeed sequence). Subsequent calls to the Read method retrieve your input one character at a time. After the final character is retrieved, Read blocks its return again and the cycle repeats.

Note that you will not get a property value of -1 unless you perform one of the following actions: simultaneously press the Control modifier key and Z console key (CTRL+Z), which signals the end-of-file condition; press an equivalent key that signals the end-of-file condition, such as the F6 function key in Windows; or redirect the input stream to a source, such as a text file, that has an actual end-of-file character.

The ReadLine method, or the KeyAvailable property and ReadKey method are preferable to using the Read method.