Re: [lojban] The important distinction between "cmene" and "cmevla"

["'Wuzzy' via lojban" <lojban@googlegroups.com>]

> (Should {cmene} perhaps be reserved
> for {la. ... .} expressions or would that introduce a new confusion
> where people, asked for their names, gave things that astarted with
> {la} and ended witha pause?

No, that would be most likely be incorrect. The x1 of cmene (also
cmevla) *is* the text, it says so clearly in the definition.

“la uuZIT cu cmene”
means that there is a name /which goes by the name “uuZIT”/.
Yes, you say that the name has a name. xD
This is almost certainly wrong unless this is what you actually wanted
to say.

“zo uuZIT cu cmene”
in turn means that the word “uuZIT” is a name. This is correct. It is
my name (in Lojban). :-)

This is a known pitfall when using the word “cmene”. See also:
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/White+Knight%27s+Song+Gotcha

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