Received: from uga.cc.uga.edu by nfs1.digex.net with SMTP id AA26028 (5.67b8/IDA-1.5 for ); Tue, 2 Aug 1994 19:00:16 -0400 Message-Id: <199408022300.AA26028@nfs1.digex.net> Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU by uga.cc.uga.edu (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7947; Tue, 02 Aug 94 19:01:47 EDT Received: from UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UGA) by UGA.CC.UGA.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 7211; Tue, 2 Aug 1994 17:42:09 -0400 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 17:17:45 -0400 Reply-To: "Mark E. Shoulson" Sender: Lojban list From: "Mark E. Shoulson" Subject: Lojbanizing umlaut X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Bob LeChevalier In-Reply-To: Logical Language Group's message of Tue, 2 Aug 1994 10:14:33 -0400 <199408021416.KAA23155@sirius.ctr.columbia.edu> Status: RO X-From-Space-Date: Tue Aug 2 19:00:20 1994 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU >Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 10:14:33 -0400 >From: Logical Language Group >X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu >la lojbab. cusku di'e >> I don't intend to require every Lojbanist to become a master of the world's >> phonologies, past and present. So when in doubt relying on spelling is not >> a bad idea for dealing with a name you don't know. And recognizing that the >> average Lojbanist will do that, the knowledgeable Lojbanist who is devising >> a Lojban name based on multiple 'legitimate' pronunciations, probably should >> choose the one that will match most closely with what the unknowledgeable >> Lojbanist will choose - after all, they might end up talking to each other %^) >This is related to And's point. A name means what the speaker wants it to mean. >But equally, as Mark says, you can't just make these things up and be >understood. Several people assumed that Pierre, N.D. was "pi,er.", but it's >"pir." Well, to be precise, I really meant "You can't make up occurrences as weird as this; they must be real." Whatever. >-- >John Cowan sharing account for now > e'osai ko sarji la lojban. ~mark