[lojban] Re: Logical Naming Conventions

[Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>]

So, Pierre, in that system what would happen in the following generation?  Let's say:

A + B marry and have children who take both A and B.  Now we have AB.  So now AB wants to marry the child of X + Y.  So now we have

AB + XY marry and have children who take both AB and XY and now we haev ABXY.  For generation n a person would have 2^n names.

I like Asimov's idea from his "Foundation" series.  In it there's a planet that does naming according to who you are/what you've done/other things about you, and your name is a massive string of all these things with the most intrinsically you things being closer to the beginning.  People can then use as much of their name as they please in day to day life.  For instance, under this system, I might call myself:  "skamilojbozoigo" although skami, lojban, and go are more interests so I would obviously put a little more thought into it.  But then in day to day life I'd say "just call me skamil" or some such.

 - Luke Bergen

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 7:25 AM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:

On Tuesday 28 April 2009 22:20:08 Danny Piccirillo wrote:
> Some of you on the channel may already be familiar with my plan to legally
> change my name.
>
> I have a lot of issues with the traditional naming system. Last names--
> wtf? Take it from dad or mom or both? Why not neither? Gender neutrality.
> Lack of meaning (i'm not sure how i feel about that one).

I think there should be one family name passed down by the mother and another
passed down by the father. I don't know of any culture that does that,
though.

Pierre

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