From cbmvax!uunet!cuvma.bitnet!LOJBAN Thu Jan 16 17:20:45 1992 Return-Path: Message-Id: <9201161953.AA16830@relay1.UU.NET> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1992 14:48:21 -0000 Reply-To: David Cortesi Sender: Lojban list Comments: Warning -- original Sender: tag was cortesi@CRICKHOLLOW.INFORMIX.COM From: David Cortesi Subject: re: name formation (was: re dreaded only) X-To: lojban mailing list To: John Cowan In-Reply-To: <9201151409.AA12832@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Status: RO Mark explains about name formation and in closing says, > So "la mlatu" is fine, since we don't have the > restrictions there. A note to writers of tutorials and the like: the impression that all intro material leaves is that "la " is a name, and a key morphological point about is that they end in a consonant and a pause. The latter got tied up in my mind with "la"; that is, I had the lingering impression that "la" is on opening delimiter for which the matching close-delimiter is . Under this interpretation, "la mlatu" would not be fine at all. So when explaining to the novice how to name things, try to keep the idea of "la" == "that which I call" separate from the idea of the formation of a nominal in Lojban phonemes. .i ni'o ni'o -- could Mark and others please take pains to attach signature lines to their mailings? The lojban mail server does not retain the originator's return address. The only "from:" line that I see is (for instance) cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu!shoulson. Attempts to send private replies get bounced from that node. Dave Cortesi -- cortesi@informix.com