Re: [lojban] Re: le fanmo sinxa pe la pier.

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On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Philip Newton wrote:

> On 7 Oct 2003 at 8:22, Llambías wrote:
>
> > But isn't Mahatma a title, like Dalai Lama? If we
> > don't say {la lord} or {la doktor}, we shouldn't really
> > say {la ma'atman}. Both {ma'atma} and {mo'anda} are
> > valid fu'ivla.
>
> As I understand it, Mohandas is his given name and Mahatma is a title
> of reverence ("Great Soul", I believe).
>
> Not sure whether that's in the same league as "Lord" or "doctor";
> perhaps more like "The Iron Chancellor" or "the Governator"; more a
> kind of nickname than a class.


pe'i zoi xy. ma'atma .xy sinxa lo selsinma .i na steci la .gandis.



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