On 8 Nov, 2006, at 18:21, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 07:08:56AM -0500, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:I might note that Loglan removed the restriction on names beginning with La, or any other letter group that could precede a bare name (e.g. Hoi (which precedes a vocative) ci (hyphen, for reasons which follow)) by introducing the following rules. Such a name used as as a vocative must be preceded by 'hoi' , or 'la' when used in an argument. Consecutive names e.g. Peter Lalonde (or Lalande) must be written as pitr ci laland. When a listener hears multiple combinations of la, ci, or hoi, da knows that the first member is a name indicator, and the remainder up to the terminating consonant and subsequent pause is a name.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
This is from memory, but I think it covers the situation.Forbidding 'la' in names is awkward for people of French background, whose names very frequently begin with La or Le
Bob McIvor