From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Dec 22 00:24:08 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:34:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1EpLjc-0000ui-8j for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:23:37 -0800 Received: from [65.110.51.61] (helo=athena.crschmidt.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1EpLjT-0000ua-CA for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:23:33 -0800 Received: from localhost (debian.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by athena.crschmidt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A39B15DAD4 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:23:35 -0500 (EST) Received: from athena.crschmidt.net ([65.110.51.61]) by localhost (athena [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30746-04 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:23:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.42] (ontario-ca-cuda3-70-36-177-88.ontrca.adelphia.net [70.36.177.88]) by athena.crschmidt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B60C715DAD2 for ; Thu, 22 Dec 2005 03:23:29 -0500 (EST) Subject: [lojban] Re: Lojban Promotion From: Theodore Reed To: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: <20051222045521.GB18265@chain.digitalkingdom.org> References: <334875291.20051222083738@mail.ru> <200512212304.56420.phma@phma.hn.org> <55b258c20512212034j7542ec23h98fd2733d0f06f78@mail.gmail.com> <20051222045521.GB18265@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:23:20 -0800 Message-Id: <1135239800.22069.1.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at athena.crschmidt.net X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 10946 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: treed@surreality.us Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 20:55 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:34:34PM -0600, Craig Daniel wrote: > > >> > Let's start with George W. Bush ! :) > > >> > > >> I went there and found a stublet. A bit of a problem is the > > >> initial. There are two George Bushes, both presidents, > > >> distinguished only by an initial. {la djordj. vybu. buc.} is > > >> ungrammatical, and initials in names are somewhat unlojbanic. > > I don't know how I missed this post, but I'm going to piggyback. > > Two possibilities: > > {la .djordj. .y'yb. .buc.} > > (.y'y bu is W) > > {la .djordj. [his actual middle name] .buc.} Both of their middle names are Walker. The Senior Bush has an additional middle name of Herbert. (George HW Bush is how he's usually referred to in newspapers and whatnot.) But on a different direction, I'd have to strongly suggest *against* writing an article about Dubya, simply based on the strength of the desire to do so. I can only imagine how much NPoV issues such an entry would have. To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.