From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Tue Sep 16 12:38:40 1997 Message-Id: <199709161738.MAA12851@locke.ccil.org> Date: Tue Sep 16 12:38:40 1997 Reply-To: And Rosta Sender: Lojban list From: And Rosta Organization: University of Central Lancashire Subject: Re: "lojbab" X-To: LOJBAN@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 616 > The real explanation is that when I called and left messages for Athelstan, > fellow Lojban worker, his roommates recorded the messages as from > "Lojban Bob" to tell them apart from the other "Bobs" that left messages. > This was shortened quickly to "Lojbob" and of course Lojbanized to "lojbab". > So many people called me by that name since Athelstan was the primary recruiter > of new people in those days, that the nickname stuck. To non-North Americans, of course, your name rhymes with "cab" rather than with "cob", and had it been us who had nicknamed you you would have become "Lojbob".