[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland nix

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

I like the idea.  I've often thought that "patfu" sounds quite formal like "father" is in english.  I do have one original thought though.  Why are many of these gender specific?  I mean, I'm sure it will be useful to say things like {doi nim} if you're trying to get someone's attention, but it seems very non-lojbanesque to not have a generic "sir" like word that doesn't imply gender.

Also, weird, it looks like the mailing list is doing that thing again where people's responses are getting cut out.  gejyspa, did you intend to send a reply with no text or did you answer in-line or something and I missed it?

I saw the following:

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:26 PM, Michael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday 14 December 2010 12:23:33 A. PIEKARSKI wrote:
>> > coi ro do
>> >
>> > xorxes used {nix} for 'Miss' in 'Miss Alice'.
>> > remod has entered {paf} for 'Dad' and {mam}
>> > for 'Mom/Mum' in jbovlaste.
>> >
>> > All these familar names are based on rafsi.
>> >
>> > So I propose also these rafsi-based cmevle:
>> >
>> > {nim} for Ms.
>> > {bun} for Brother
>> > {mes} for Sister
>> > {mic} for Doctor/Dr. (med)
>>
>> Sound good to me.
>>
>> > Since no rafsi are available for Mr. and Master,
>> > I propose:
>> >
>> > {nax} for Master
>> > {nan} for Mr.
>> > {ctut} for Doctor/Dr. (acad)
>>
>> Do you mean {ctuc}? {nan} is the rafsi of {snanu}, so I'd use it in place
>> names like {nan.djordjas}. How about {naur}? What's {nax} from, besides
>> the
>> North Caucasus?
>>
>> Also I propose {rirx} and {cman} and {xas}. Lakes pose a problem for those
>> not
>> on the dot side.
>>
>> Pierre
>> --
>> Jews use a lunisolar calendar; Muslims use a solely lunar calendar.
>
> Out of curiosity, are there any people not on the Dot-Side? I know all the
> official materials are being updated to comply with both xorlo and Dot-Side,
> so it's probably an important question.
>
> --
> mu'o mi'e .aionys.
>
> .i.a'o.e'e ko cmima le bende pe lo pilno be denpa bu .i doi.luk. mi patfu do
> zo'o
> (Come to the Dot Side! Luke, I am your father. :D )
>
>