Re: [lojban] Re: Robin on cmene

[pycyn@aol.com]

In a message dated 00-06-06 19:24:06 EDT, robin writes:

<< So a rose by any other name would not smell so sweet! >>
Not to the rose, certainly!

<<I would say that  whatever someone's cmene is, that's their name, 
regardless of phonology  (I, for instance, get irritated by people telling me 
my name should be
 "rabin."!).  >>
No, no: /rabn/  ;)
But I'm not sure about the first point.  Whatever they pick is what is right 
(I would agree) or whatever gets picked is what is right (not if I don't like 
it)?