On 05.07.2013 16:37, iesk wrote:
Is there a taboo about making up zi'evla-shaped words as (eg personal) names, as one would do with me'evla? I mean, instead ofcalling oneself, say {la .andis.}, one could be {la .andi} (a possible lojbanisation of the naljbo name "Andy"), regardless of the meaning of{.andi} (it has acquired none so far, I believe). Nobody seems to be doing it. Or at least, I'm unaware of it.
It's probably not very common, but it does happen. For example, on IRC there is a user called {menturi}, which is a zi'evla with no defined meaning, but it doesn't matter since {la menturi} doesn't really need it to have one. There is another person who sometimes gets referred to as {la tcili}, which is also not a real gismu.
I'm not sure what the "general" opinion on this kind of practice is, I just know that it exists (to whatever limited degree).
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