[lojban-beginners] Re: Nick-cmevla

[Adam COOPER <adamgarrigus@gmail.com>]

> I have thought about that, but that's something of malrarbau.
> You don't really want to shorten the name, the goal is to
> call the person "Cmenita" or "Cmenito."
> Natlanguages connect the property of being dear with being
> small somehow. That ought not to apply to Lojban.

I think the Russians do not always shorten. (Hope the Cyrillic comes out right.)
Илья - Ильюша (Il'ya - Il'yusha)
Ивана - Иванка (Ivana - Ivanka)

> Well, names are not meant to be interpreted anyway, so that
> shouldn't necessarily be a problem. For example the name
> "Rita" in Spanish ends in -ita but is not a diminutive.

And all this time I thought it was short for "Margarita", which is also not a diminutive.