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	Content preview:  While we're on the topic of names, suppose I wish to
	address Moon River (which incidentally is wider than a mile), to tell
	the river that I am determined to eventually cross it in style. Let's
	not answer all the challenges in that sentence at one time. First, the
	name. Of course it's not really a lunar river. So it seems that a
	tanru, {doi lunra rirxe} is not what I'm looking for. {doi la lunra
	rirxe} would be a name, "moon river," but that seems to overlook the
	fact that it's not just named "river", it really is a river. I guess I
	want to say "O river 'moon'!" but I would not want to be wordy and say
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 While we're on the topic of names, suppose I wish to address Moon River (which incidentally is wider than a mile), to tell the river that I am determined to eventually cross it in style.
 Let's not answer all the challenges in that sentence at one time. First, the name. Of course it's not really a lunar river. So it seems that a tanru, {doi lunra rirxe} is not what I'm looking for. {doi la lunra rirxe} would be a name, "moon river," but that seems to overlook the fact that it's not just named "river", it really is a river. I guess I want to say "O river 'moon'!" but I would not want to be wordy and say {doi rirxe poi zo lunra cmene ke'a} "Oh river, specifically such that "lunar" is the name of it!"
-epkat

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