Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 17:18:58 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199801092218.RAA25456@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Ashley Yakeley Sender: Lojban list From: Ashley Yakeley Subject: COI Vocatives X-To: Lojban List To: John Cowan X-UIDL: f2ac00d9bc3fd2a5a7b8c1b963e2e25d Status: OR X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 Content-Length: 478 X-From-Space-Date: Mon Jan 12 15:47:16 1998 X-From-Space-Address: - At 1998-01-09 13:27, Mark Vines wrote: >Actually, for proper names, you *must* use a final consonant What if the name is Lojban? From my sig: >ca'emi'e tricrfraksi zeicecmu Does this mean "I am [I define] one called 'ash wood'" or "I am [I define] an ash wood"? What about "ju'i tricrfraksi zeicecmu"? Does this mean "Hey! 'Ash wood'!" (to a person named 'Ash wood'), or "Hey! Ash wood!" (to an ash wood)? -- fe'oca'eki'ami'e tricrfraksi zeicecmu .iji'a ca'emi'e .aclin.