[lojban] Re: Lojban Promotion

[Theodore Reed <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 20:55 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:34:34PM -0600, Craig Daniel wrote:
> > >> > Let's start with George W. Bush !   :)
> > >>
> > >> I went there and found a stublet. A bit of a problem is the
> > >> initial. There are two George Bushes, both presidents,
> > >> distinguished only by an initial. {la djordj. vybu. buc.} is
> > >> ungrammatical, and initials in names are somewhat unlojbanic.
> 
> I don't know how I missed this post, but I'm going to piggyback.
> 
> Two possibilities:
> 
> {la .djordj. .y'yb. .buc.}
> 
> (.y'y bu is W)
> 
> {la .djordj. [his actual middle name] .buc.}

Both of their middle names are Walker. The Senior Bush has an additional
middle name of Herbert. (George HW Bush is how he's usually referred to
in newspapers and whatnot.)

But on a different direction, I'd have to strongly suggest *against*
writing an article about Dubya, simply based on the strength of the
desire to do so. I can only imagine how much NPoV issues such an entry
would have.



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