[lojban] Re: Logical Naming Conventions

[Danny Piccirillo <danny.piccirillo@gmail.com>]

Yes, it is. Some families are the "normal" mom and dad, or they are gay, and now, polyamorous families are starting to come in. Then there are divorces, single parents, adoption, re-marrying, etc, etc. Families are much too complicated for family names to work, and i don't think they're worth it anyway. 

I've already planned to abandon my last name, so now i just need to figure out what to adopt for a new name. Asimov's idea that Luke posted certainly is interesting and i like it but it obviously isn't very practical. Do you guys prefer naemes that you can identify with, or just names with no (or very little) meaning that sound nice?

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:09, Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't know.  I guess "carrying on the family name" is kind of an archaic idea.

- Luke Bergen

On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:02 AM, <MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com> wrote:

In a message dated 4/29/2009 10:09:00 Eastern Daylight Time, lukeabergen@gmail.com writes:

ahh, I see.  So what if female children took the mothers name while males took the fathers name, that way there'd be a better chance of the maternal name surviving?

Why is it necessary, or even desirable, for a name to survive?

stevo