[lojban-beginners] Re: coi rodo

On 7/18/05, Matt Arnold <mattarn@123.net> wrote:

Scott,
Just an FYI, {skat} makes the same sound as Scott, and {skot} sounds like "Scoet" since o has the hard o sound from "bowling."
-Matt

lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org wrote:
>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
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