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[lojban] patfu?
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- Subject: [lojban] patfu?
- From: Luke Bergen <lukeabergen@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 16:11:30 -0400
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So I was thinking about this earlier. When babies are first learning to talk they don't say "father" as their first word. It's usually some kind of "dada" sound. Also, patfu sounds so formal. For when babies are first learning to talk how acceptable would things like referring to one's paternal gardian as "pa'u" be?
Would this be the kind of thing where getting excited over "pa'u" is understandable but the next step would be to encourage them to say "patfu"? Also, "patfu" sounds kind of ugly, would it be common/understandable to have a child call their parent "la paf" or "la pa'us" as similar to what "pop" is in english?
- Luke Bergen