[lojban-beginners] Re: coi rodo

["J. Scott Jewell" <thatskotkid@gmail.com>]

Hey there, Hal.

I too am a total newbie; I've been reading through the lessons for
beginners and just started using a flashcard program for gismu and
such.  I'm not really sure about the apostrophe at the beginning
of a name.  As far as I know, it's mainly there for separating
vowels that would otherwise form a dipthong.  (the difference
between io and i'o, etc.)  Unless pronouncing the x is a problem,
my choice would be to stick with that.  Totally dig that last
version.  Also, names are supposed to end in a period, yesno?

I have a pretty easy name to Lojbanize (la skot.), but I like a
challenge.  I decided to just pick out a Lojban lujvo that
describes me for my Lojban name.  (It seems nicer to me than just
trying to pronounce my own name strangely to suit the language.) 
I call myself la cuncuxnas., made of cunso (random) and cuxna (choose)
to form "random-chooser".  Given my tastes, it suits me. 
Descriptive words and luvjo are a pretty good option if you have a
difficult name to Lojbanize.

Anyway, I hope that helps!

 - la cuncuxnas.

On 7/17/05, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:

Hi all,

A total newbie here. Well, I've done some reading and I know
a little bit of grammar and a handful of gismu.

One thing I'm wondering about is how to lojbanise my name
(Hal Fulton). I've considered several cmene:

   la 'al         (acceptable?)
   la xal         (an alternative, I guess)
   la 'al.fultyn  (first and last)
   la 'al.soki'os (HAL 9000)


Please offer feedback...

Cheers,
Hal