Re: [lojban] Re: Re: month names

[Ivan A Derzhanski <iad@MATH.BAS.BG>]

Adam Raizen wrote:
> We could still use the western zodiac signs. It doesn't have to be
> animals. The western zodiac signs are already pretty well fixed to
> the months.

Not really.  I'm sure I've seen a different mapping in some sources.
One that associates Aquarius with January, and so on.

> The biggest problem is distinguishing between crabs
> and scorpions in lojban.
>
> January         la kanbyma'i
> February        la jaurbeima'i
[...]
> November        la jukrskorpio masti
> December        la celma'i

To my mind forming some month names from gismu, others from
lujvo, others still from fu'ivla introduces an ugly sort of
heterogeneity.

--Ivan