Re: [lojban] Re: "la" in names

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

On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:36:16PM -0500, Robert McIvor 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.

By "such a name" I'm assuming you mean a name with 'hoi' or 'la' in
it.  That doesn't help, because the whole problem has been that
*people don't notice*.  People use names with "la" all the time
without noticing that they are special.

-Robin

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