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

["Jorge J. Llambías" <jorge@intermedia.com.ar>]

>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?

I don't think sepi'o is wrong, it works with anything that is used
for a purpose, not just for tools. 

Another possibility is: {mi te cmene mi zo avital}, "I call myself Avital".
The pronunciation is already implicit in the spelling anyway.

co'o mi'e xorxes