From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Apr 29 17:21:23 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LzK1j-0003Wu-2Y for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:21:23 -0700 Received: from mail-bw0-f175.google.com ([209.85.218.175]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LzK1f-0003Vf-KF for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:21:22 -0700 Received: by bwz23 with SMTP id 23so1366003bwz.34 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:21:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=o6+VKSZjvbOxXw4jOujEFOoU7Fa7P8FwKe1/u/BoO6o=; b=oidfnV/QKnJ8DOzlJ75bbkWm8KO9dWZURPDLAHlDne/KOLM2poGZ7rO+ln6/zTdx3J +yRIXeUGOawCFKzzr7aQckpQw770w5UsjOYYWf/YmEKyWRKfESdo80pyq6x05F5Tsb6I nilLJLxrDBD0f67prEmT8uzaENK44u/XuP0e8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MLe+n0qD9U5dpT+0zF0oLu461tydM+g4Td4Dbj7+4AIlrKeF/xGkuZJ3KIul0/h4PN kTpKv9Z80eTvRfwoD59Q4snqjVP3y0OI4C0EiZvHAyx8jUMXn7iIRuKtHLl74rEkCmf2 h+UHHbtft2GJGFBPSC5uv2fvRPMQ5ZSxFa5Tg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.108.74 with SMTP id e10mr526474fap.35.1241050872746; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:21:12 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <267063.80180.qm@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <200904290725.48063.phma@phma.optus.nu> <5715b9300904290610i5bae178dpb32d387a273e6662@mail.gmail.com> <4de8c3930904290707n3a9a79catca7b7c1d1d121a84@mail.gmail.com> <43332.97215.qm@web81307.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <8CB972272FFFA47-758-BE6@webmail-md02.sysops.aol.com> <267063.80180.qm@web81303.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:21:12 +0300 Message-ID: Subject: [lojban] Re: Logical Naming Conventions From: Adam Raizen To: lojban-list@lojban.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 15540 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: adam.raizen@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 01:43, John E Clifford wrote: > Well, what do you want names to do -- beyond contextual uniqueness?  Be > pretty?  then pick something pretty.  Be informative? Pick something that > gives the information you consider important. Names also often serve as a source of cultural identification for the bearer. Some immigrants to Israel Hebraize their name, Muslim converts often choose Arabic names, naturalized Icelandic citizens choose Icelandic names, etc. -- Adam Raizen Got sente? 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.