Re: [lojban] Re: Lojban Kids Show - names

[Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu>]

On Wednesday 21 July 2010 13:56:28 Lindar wrote:
> Can't we just pick jbo names for them and leave it at that? The script
> looks good for now, so let's fill in any missing details, generate a
> dialgue script, and figure out who we're getting to voice this.

Beta can have just a jbo name, but Alpha is from some non-Lojban people on the 
Earth, and is learning Lojban. So Alpha has to have a name in some natlang.

On Wednesday 21 July 2010 14:07:47 tijlan wrote:
> Is Alpha male? Scientifically speaking, at least for humans, it's more like
> that female emerged before male:
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119799&page=1
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/bang/ask_yan/which_came_first_man_or_woman
>
> It's also worth noting that the Y chromosome is a variation of the
> original, basic, a-sexual chromosome called "autosome", while the X
> chromosome is a direct successor to the autosome (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_chromosome#Origin). XY makes male, XX makes
> female. Then it's safe to say that, for all species with the XY
> sex-determination system, female is closer to the original neutral form, of
> which male is a derivative.
>
> So I suggest Alpha be female.

This has nothing to do with a pachyderm's auditory organs.

Pierre

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