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Date:         Tue, 2 Aug 1994 12:16:00 EST
Reply-To:     SLAUGHTER <HALDANE@PINE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU>
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From:         SLAUGHTER <HALDANE@PINE.CIRCA.UFL.EDU>
Subject:      Re: current cmene project
To:           Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
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And sez:
>I quite agree, I can use any cmene I like to refer to Washington D.C.
>My point is that if someone is going to the trouble of thinking up a
>cmevla (cmene zei valsi) for Wash.D.C. then they might as well come
>up with a fuhivla (which is not a name, & whose meaning is absolute),
>since fuhivla are part of the language (or rather, I should say, part of
>the lexicon/grammar).

I guess fuhivla are "new" to me, I don't remember anything about them from when
I last was involved about a year-and-a-half or so ago.  I see the point about
extending them to cities.

I agree that something fuhivla are needed, since I felt odd about countries and
ethnics groups getting gismu.  There are far more groups that are available in
the gismu space, so if fuhivla fill this, then great.  There are people who
would identify with a particular street gang than any city, ethnic group, or
nation, so why not let them have a "real" word for their identlity.

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