From jorge@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx Fri Feb 19 18:36:20 1999
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:36:20 -0300
From: "=?us-ascii?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" <jorge@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxx
Subject: Re: 'I say your name as ...'


>A few of us part-lojbanists (or full?) were talking in #lojban, and I
>asked them, how I would say, "I say my name as Avital". Since, neither
>bacru nor cusku have 'as' in any of the sumti. mungojell suggested using
>supi'o, like, ``mi bacru le mi cmene ku sepi'o zo avital", but that
>sounds so wrong. My name is not a tool.

>
>So, what do you expert lojbanists suggest?

I don't think sepi'o is wrong, it works with anything that is used
for a purpose, not just for tools. 

Another possibility is: {mi te cmene mi zo avital}, "I call myself Avital".
The pronunciation is already implicit in the spelling anyway.

co'o mi'e xorxes