On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 08:25:33AM -0400, Betsemes wrote:
> On second thought, tanru have been always vague on interrelating
> semantics; so {lo selpa'i karce} might mean {lo karce pe la selpa'i}
> provided enough context.
No zo'onai
interrelating semantics of the bridi, not of the words.
That's at least my very strong intuition and I ba'e strongly
hope that someone can back me up on this one.
Actually since someone first told me that brivla are allowed
cmene I always disliked even that quite a lot. It's too easy to confuse
these "names" with the bridi meaning. Nothing against you selpa'i,
but you're definitely not my beloved and if e.g. {coi selpa'i} leaves
this open, I'm pretty pissed. Also in NatLangs not having this distinction
can introduce formal ambiguities for colloquial speech (german: "Der Mueller
ist zuverlaessig" - {la OR lo mlopre cu se lacri}).
I strongly agree with la lojbab on that one:
brivla are nicknames, NOT proper names.
If you wish to make them names, use cmene that look similar
or end in non-final rafsi. This still leaves a connotation
but makes it syntactically clear what you are talking about.
No reason to be to lazy to add one 's' to your prefered brivla-name.
mi'e la .van. mu'o
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