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--- In lojban@egroups.com, pycyn@a... wrote:

> Well, actually {la .oktobr} makes a lot of sense.  As ivan points
> out, numbered months are ambiguous, depending on calendar
> involved...

Oh yes, of course!  Still, China uses her ancient terms "yi yue, er yue... =
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shier yue" also with reference to the Western solar=20
calendar.

> (I don't even discount uudz kale katunob).

Wo bu dong - zhe shi shenmo??? :( .i .ue.uanai .u'ecai do cusku ma

> the"oneday", "twoday"... patterns seems more
>  universalizable than any "sunday","moonday",
> "thundergodday" or whatever pattern.

As you mention those ancient Germanic gods: my own surname infact derives f=
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rom that one naming tuesday (Tiu/Ziu - the old=20
scandinavian wargod), or a Ting-place dedicated to him respectively :) (oh =
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-the smiley doesn't mean that this is not the truth!)

> Anything is okay in cmene. But it may be better to abbreviate
> {masti} to {mast.}, for even better recognisability.

Yes, thanks (to Ivan)!
What do you think about {la pezyfalmast.} - the "schwa" inserted  indicates=
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 that not anything is allowed in cmene :(
(I remember Robin's "English" months names with lots of rain & wind involve=
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d - this one seems *much* better ;-)

Alfred *=AF=BFs
_________

=95_=A7=A7=A5H                         Cold in the North

=A7@=A7=CB*=AC*"=A7T=A7=CB=B5=B5         Black sheen on one, / purpl' on ea=
ch other side.
*=BF=99e=B6B=B6X**=BFs=B6*         The Yellow Stream - all ice, / so fish a=
nd dragon di=3D=0D
ed.
=A7T=A7=FF=A7=CF=95=F7=AC_=A7=C2*z         Tree barks, three foot - a scrip=
t / of frost-cracked=3D=0D
 runes.
=B6=A0=95=80=B1j=AE=C6=A7W=99e=A7=D9         Hundreds of hundredweights - /=
 cartloads on waters r=3D=0D
ide.

=A1=98=99=B7=D8=DB=A7W=A7j=B6p=F8=B7         Frostwork aground - big coins =
/ of silvery bloom.
=A5=DF=A7M=A7=A3=A7J*g=BF=80=A7=97         Sword's blow will never wound / =
the dark sky's misty=3D=0D
 gloom.
=99=DF=D9]=C6=B8=A7=D9***=82*=9F         Vying river and sea - / ice floes =
in roaring flight.=3D=0D

=A7s=ACr=B5L=A1n=95=85*i=83a         A silent waterfall so still: / rainbow=
 from jasper s=3D=0D
pume.

(Li Ho, tr. A.W. Tueting - http://www.fa-kuan.muc.de/LIHODB.RXML)=20