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[lojban] Re: Honorifics (was: RE: Re: The Any thread)

At 07:20 PM 3/3/03 -0600, Jordan DeLong wrote:

> Professor Smith might be doi smit po'u la ctuca .io
> Mister  is then la nanmu .io
> Ms. is then la ninmu .io
> Mrs. is then la fetspe .io

Shouldn't Mrs. have a .ionai?  Didn't "Mrs. John Doe" originally
imply that she was the property of John?
Why should it matter what it originally meant? What matters is what it means to the speaker and listener. 

lojbab

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