[lojban] Re: "la" in names

[Alex Martini <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

For the sake of argument, and since I like the Dot Side, what are the  
reasons not to do this?

zo'o le se ciska pe le mi cmene na drata i ki'u ru'e la'edi'u mi  
nelci la'eda'u iji'a ki'u la'eda'u filmau

mu'omi'e .aleks.

On Nov 8, 2006, at 10:24 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 08, 2006 at 08:36:16PM -0500, Robert McIvor wrote:
> > I might note that Loglan removed the restriction on names
> > beginning  with La, or any other letter group that could precede a
> > bare name  (e.g. Hoi (which precedes a vocative) ci (hyphen, for
> > reasons which  follow)) by introducing the following rules.
> >
> > Such a name used as as a vocative must be preceded by 'hoi' , or
> > 'la' when used in an argument.
>
> By "such a name" I'm assuming you mean a name with 'hoi' or 'la' in
> it.  That doesn't help, because the whole problem has been that
> *people don't notice*.  People use names with "la" all the time
> without noticing that they are special.
>
> -Robin
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