From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Jan 14 07:51:01 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:51:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LN81F-0000I5-47 for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:51:01 -0800 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.173]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LN81B-0000Hb-Kc for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:51:01 -0800 Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 28so663166wfa.25 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:50:56 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; bh=tQ8koPKUkQIWyZnssrYNlrpREE6FU4yBCeHHe/HV78Q=; b=A51eC0DULeW+fYzWHbKSj9K6Sm8h0oyyobFhW9eOYXEKcAijv8KiPsxy6tV8rn11LM oVcIdh33HPr9wkUS8D404Onyby0BfNukFX1S4kLmmmWkPUfN/DGV4jzUMoQ9Jjdcwy9G hIshWrq42NMtItaiBs49vyC6xLS3ha18zNUGw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:references; b=oqX9H4B7UH2GTYs44p1NwWo7GN8ojI/DZhmzckDiETWz5/Fnps0TBCTFtt2jaiVuRR XG7jiFKdhJpSiStnYpZ+2klWL8qJkWygiHOytCUaMqnyW3xOP6xiUy/AfcTCSxKLK7I7 k2yzZTGg9zxwWu0DLE9HVSZINX32s9xL36+ss= Received: by 10.142.54.11 with SMTP id c11mr81741wfa.14.1231948256788; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:50:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.143.100.10 with HTTP; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:50:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <96f789a60901140750w7e57f830k426d2528280bb6d1@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:50:56 -0500 From: "Michael Turniansky" To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Spelling "Alan" in lojban? In-Reply-To: <20090114154255.GS23891@sunflowerriver.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_245757_15452138.1231948256637" References: <20090114154255.GS23891@sunflowerriver.org> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: 0 X-Spam-Bar: / X-archive-position: 1188 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mturniansky@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners ------=_Part_245757_15452138.1231948256637 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan Post < terminal-keyword-lojban.416ddb@c0redump.org> wrote: > > I am reading through the level0 brochure, and I think I have > gathered enough information to spell my first name (Alan) in > lojban. > > > How did I do? Is there a closer approximation? > > Thank you! > > -Alyn. > fi'i alyn (welcome, Alan) You did fine. My brother (who passed away about a year ago) was also named Alan. Assuming you are American, then the first "a" sound in your name is normally pronounced like the "a" in cat, a sound which does not exist in lojban. Therefore, yes, you have to compromise. You could go with either "a" or "e" for the first vowel. --gejyspa (Mike Turniansky) ------=_Part_245757_15452138.1231948256637 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Alan Post <terminal-keyword-lojban.416ddb@c0redump.org> wrote:

I am reading through the level0 brochure, and I think I have
gathered enough information to spell my first name (Alan) in
lojban.


How did I do?  Is there a closer approximation?

Thank you!

-Alyn.
 

  fi'i alyn (welcome, Alan)

  You did fine.  My brother (who passed away about a year ago) was also named Alan.  Assuming you are American, then the first "a" sound in your name is normally pronounced like the "a" in cat, a sound which does not exist in lojban.  Therefore, yes, you have to compromise.  You could go with either "a" or "e" for the first vowel.

                                  --gejyspa (Mike Turniansky)


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