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

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

> > > > > > A rule we can't follow that, in the not-following,
> > > > > > breaks audio-visual isomorphism is, to me, a total
> > > > > > travesty of one of the most important goals of the
> > > > > > language.  Whether someone gets to use the "la" sound in
> > > > > > their name or not is totally irrelevant to my concerns.
> > > > > > We're *breaking the language*, and it has to stop.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Your suggestions? (sorry if I missed something back from
> > > > > 2005 :)
> > > > 
> > > > Pauses before all names.
> > > > 
> > > > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=The%20Case%20Against%20LA
> > > 
> > > This suggestion is reasonable, but it has two disadvantages:
> > > 
> > > 1) {la.} is longer and a bit harder to pronounce than {la} if
> > > used with consonant-starting names.
> > 
> > Boo hoo.
> 
> Sorry, I don't understand this. I am not a native American English
> speaker. What do you mean by this?

It means "I don't care".

> > > 2) You'll have to change the language.
> > 
> > The language as it stands is demonstrably broken; all you have
> > to do is turn to page iii of "What Is Lojban?" to see that.
> 
> I don't see how a language can be broken by making mistakes in it,
> be they made by whom you consider an "expert".

A language with strict rules that cannot be followed is broken:
either it's a language without strict rules at that point (since
people aren't following them) or it's a language with unfollowable
rules.  Either case is broken.

-Robin

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