Re: [lojban] "la" in names

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 07:08:56AM -0500, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> Join the club.  I'd like to be able to say my name in Lojban
> ("laitl"), but it's not legal after "la".

In current Lojban it's not legal *at all*, after la or otherwise.

*However*, that didn't stop it from getting into a *published Lojban
book*, despite it being written by the most fluent speaker at the
time, and being proofread by most of the best Lojbanists at the
time:

http://lojban.org/publications/level0/brochure-utf/pref.html

Search for "laitl".

.i ji'a pe'i le me zo la javni cu nitcu co se daspo

-Robin

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