Re: [lojban] Re: Initial impression

[Stela Selckiku <selckiku@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 11:23 PM, Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I do wonder about this as Lojban grows and expands, though.  I
> wouldn't be surprised if people stop doing this to names eventually,
> and just use people's names when talking...

Well the compromise that's emerged is the experimental cmavo "la'oi",
which is like "la" but can be followed by any foreign name (or at
least any name without a pause in it).  Some people have opposed
"la'oi" as breaking some of Lojban's theoretical parsing qualities,
which it surely does, but who knows if those particular qualities are
important.  I try not to use "la'oi" in any formal situations, myself,
but I doubt this level of compromise can be resisted.

I don't think we're likely to compromise any further than that,
though-- you have to Lojbanize a name to use it with just "la".  I
think it's fun, getting a new name; it's part of Lojbanic culture,
which is a fun culture!  I especially support names that are Lojban
words, I think it's a good teaching technique, you learn a lot of
words that you wouldn't otherwise just because they're the names of
people you meet.

mi'e la stela selckiku mu'o