Re: 'I say your name as ...'

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 02:21 AM 2/20/99 +0200, Avital Oliver/biOmass wrote:
>From: Avital Oliver/biOmass <biomass@hempseed.com>
>
>A few of us part-lojbanists (or full?) were talking in #lojban, and I
>asked them, how I would say, "I say my name as Avital". Since, neither
>bacru nor cusku have 'as' in any of the sumti. mungojell suggested using
>supi'o, like, ``mi bacru le mi cmene ku sepi'o zo avital", but that
>sounds so wrong. My name is not a tool.
>
>So, what do you expert lojbanists suggest?

Use the place structure of cmene.  It was made for this.

zo .avital. cu cmene mi mi
"Avital" names me, according to me.

lojbab