[lojban-beginners] names ending in 's'

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 1/17/2008 4:22:31 AM Central Standard Time, ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes:


> I also would like to say in reference to the matter of having to end  
> names on a consonant, that there appears to be a strong (if informal &  
> optional) tradition here in Lojbanistan of using "s" as the default  
> consonant [ka'u] for vowel-ending names.  It's my feeling that to a  
> Lojbanic ear, an "s" at the end of a name sounds special, because we  
> know it often has that origin.  My handle for many years has been  
> Mungojelly (part of my Discordian holy name "Pope Salmon the Lesser  
> Mungojelly"), which is Lojbanized as "la mungodjelis."  I'm happy to  
> accept my "s", and to participate in this Lojbanic tradition [.o'a].   
> (I would like to hear what the origin of it is, if anyone knows?)
>
> mu'o mi'e la mungodjelis. no'u la bret.


But ending a name with 's' is only a tradition.  My own Lojban name is stevon, because my regular internet name "stevo" is directly related to Esperanto, and 'n' is a regular consonant ending in that language, marking the accusative case, so it is a grammatical form in both Esperanto and Lojban.

mu'o mi'e stevon