From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Nov 08 19:47:03 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:47:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gi0sF-000262-JY for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:46:43 -0800 Received: from smtp.mail.umich.edu ([141.211.93.160] helo=skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1Gi0s9-00025r-RX for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 08 Nov 2006 19:46:43 -0800 Received: FROM [141.213.221.81] (bursley-221-81.reshall.umich.edu [141.213.221.81]) BY skycaptain.mr.itd.umich.edu ID 4552A45F.C99C4.15226 ; 8 Nov 2006 22:45:35 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <20061109032403.GD23121@chain.digitalkingdom.org> References: <20061108232125.GV32108@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20061109032403.GD23121@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Alex Martini Subject: [lojban] Re: "la" in names Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2006 22:45:31 -0500 To: lojban-list@lojban.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 12964 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: alexjm@umich.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list For the sake of argument, and since I like the Dot Side, what are the reasons not to do this? zo'o le se ciska pe le mi cmene na drata i ki'u ru'e la'edi'u mi nelci la'eda'u iji'a ki'u la'eda'u filmau mu'omi'e .aleks. On Nov 8, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:36:16PM -0500, Robert McIvor wrote: >> I might note that Loglan removed the restriction on names >> beginning with La, or any other letter group that could precede a >> bare name (e.g. Hoi (which precedes a vocative) ci (hyphen, for >> reasons which follow)) by introducing the following rules. >> >> Such a name used as as a vocative must be preceded by 'hoi' , or >> 'la' when used in an argument. > > By "such a name" I'm assuming you mean a name with 'hoi' or 'la' in > it. That doesn't help, because the whole problem has been that > *people don't notice*. People use names with "la" all the time > without noticing that they are special. > > -Robin > > -- > http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ > Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" > Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ > > > 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. > > > 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.