[lojban-beginners] Re: Nick-cmevla

[Jorge Llambías <jjllambias@gmail.com>]

On 11/27/05, HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > For long names, shortening is not such a bad idea, even if natlangs
> > do it too :)
>
> But is it allowed?

It is not forbidden, and anything not forbidden is allowed. :)

> If You're speaking about camgus., You're not
> necessarily talking about camgusmis. any more.

Not necessarily, right. But even if I use {camgusmis} a second
time I'm not necessarily talking about the same camgusmis as
before either, just very likely. For a name to fulfill its function, the
listener has to be able to figure out who you mean, either because
they already know who the name refers to, or because they can
figure it out by some other means. But no name form has a fixed
referent independent of the contexts in which it is used.


> Aye, but then -dib shan't be interpreted, either.
> So I'm not talking about dear Jorge, but rather Jorgedib saying
> {la xorxedib.}.

That's right, it does not have a strict meaning other than whatever
indirect connotations it may inspire in the users. It is not like
saying {la xorxes noi dirba} or something like that.

> By the way, which syllable should be stressed when -dib is
> attached? {xOrxedib.}, or {xorxEdib}??

With cmevla, stress is not needed for disambiguation, so it
doesn't matter much. The place of the stress does not change
the name. Personally, I prefer to always keep penultimate stress.
(BTW, in Spanish, the stress also changes when going from
"jOrge" to "jorgIto".)

mu'o mi'e xorxes