[lojban] Re: "la" in names

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 09:17:49AM -0500, Bob LeChevalier wrote:
> Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >On Thu, Nov 09, 2006 at 06:40:28AM +0300, Yanis Batura wrote:
> >>I don't understand you, people. You are not at all confused by
> >>the fact that Lojban doesn't have VERY MANY sounds present in
> >>other languages, but the fact that you can't spell your name
> >>exactly as in English make you sick.
> >>
> >>Lojban doesn't allow {la}, {lai} and {doi} in names, and that's
> >>all. If even almost everyone, including me, of course, cannot
> >>adhere to this rule, that is our problem, and not the
> >>language's. Just wait, and the sence of correct lojbanization
> >>will develop in us.
> >
> >Not a single Lojbanist has *ever* internalized this rule.  We
> >know this because *every* major Lojbanist has made this mistake,
> >and it showed up in "What Is Lojban?", which was proofread by at
> >least 3 major Lojbanists.
> 
> I suspect one could find a few other critical errors that have
> been made by *every* major Lojbanist.
> 
> Omission of cu or a required ku come to mind.

But those get caught by other Lojbanists.  When 3 serious Lojbanists
seriously reviewing a work for publication don't notice, the rule is
untenable.

> But then every fluent English speaker makes grammatical errors
> once in a while, and when not controlled, makes such errors
> *frequently*.

English doesn't have audio-visual isomorphism; Lojban does, in
theory, and the current system is forcing us into a dialect of
Lojban that doesn't.  I can't accept the loss of such a major design
goal.  Period.

-Robin

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