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Re: [lojban] (from lojban-beginners) pi'e



In a message dated 9/15/2001 4:04:17 PM Central Daylight Time, rob@twcny.rr.com writes:


Don't be foolish. I was un-Lojbanizing the name, suggesting that there just
might be someone whose name is similar to the name of a year. The full cmene
was {pavosorenanc}, which I split up into two words (much like I called myself
{la rabspir.} before I knew that {bs} wasn't allowed).


I wish you'd mentioned that you were unlojbanizing, since the rest was lojbanized, I asssume dthat this was meant to be too.  Someone with a name like that would, of course, in Lojban, have a quite distinctive name, which was my point -- also rather obliquely.  That is, {paVOson REnanc} is not likely to be confused with {pavosoREnanc} -- or it should not be.  The use with {ca} or {ca'o} or whatever time operator you use would also count against this (though it could mean "during the lifetime of" apparently).  I still don't see the point, unless it is just that using year names is yucky, which I agree with (for all they are convenient).