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Re: 'I say your name as ...'
- Subject: Re: 'I say your name as ...'
- From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
- Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:47:13 -0500 (EST)
la lojbab. cusku di'e
> Use the place structure of cmene. It was made for this.
>
> zo .avital. cu cmene mi mi
> "Avital" names me, according to me.
Doesn't quite work, since he means he *pronounces* his name "avital".
"It's spelled Luxuryyacht, but it's pronounced Throatwarblermangrove!"
We don't seem to have a lujvo for "pronounce", but I think some
compound of bacru and cusku (not sure which way is better) may do the job.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
e'osai ko sarji la lojban.