[lojban] Re: "la" rule

[Bob LeChevalier <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote:
> Here's another reason the "la" rule is bad.
> As I understand it, ordinary gismu and lujvo can be used as names after 
> "la".  There are 23 gismu beginning with "la-", 16 rafsi beginning with 
> "la"+consonant, 5 rafsi with "la'V" and 2 rafsi "laV".  This means there 
> are a lot of actual and potential words which act differently from any 
> other native Lojban words, namely by becoming illegal when used as a 
> cmene.  For this reason alone the "la" rule should be replaced.

ONLY if a word is in cmene form is it illegal to have a "la".  Using a 
gismu or lujvo or a fu'ivla as a name  ("la latmo" for "Latin") has no 
restriction.

Indeed, I would imagine that native Lojbanists would indeed use brivla 
to name things, rather than Lojbanize foreign words.  That is indeed how 
several languages work.

My daughter's middle name was chosen to be a valid Lojban name as well 
as English name:  la ka trina (Katrina)


They might even decide to Lojbanize foreign names by turning them into 
type III fu'ivla (and eventually type IV if much used), which have no la 
restriction.

la jecr,nortkarolaina

anyone?

mi'e la jbozbabu no'u zo'o la lojbab
(or mi'e no'u la lojbab. jbozbabu)



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