Subject: Re: lojban nickname

From: "Garrett Jones" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:35:09 -0000

--- In [email-masked], "David Twery" <dbtwery@b...> wrote:
> Well, it's nice to see that my ISP is ALMOST posting my e-mail in a
timely
> fashion. (25 minutes is a lot better than "never".)
> 
> At this rate, by the end of the year, Verizon will be able to post
my mail
> *before* I compose it -- and pay ME!

hey, sign me up, i want to get paid too...

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Twery <dbtwery@b...>
> To: <[email-masked]>
> Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2000 04:10
> 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Garrett Jones <alkaline@b...>
> > Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2000 03:38
> >
> > Two consecutive same consonants are "illegal" in Lojban
orthography. You
> can
> > fix these problems by adding a "verbal hyphen" -- y.
> >
> > jillil --> jilylil
> >
> > But you might want to go for a three-part cmene which avoids the y
--
> >
> > jildiclil
> >
> > jilka - alkali/base
> > dikca - electrical
> > livla - energy source
> >
> > This would also give a possible lujvo for an alkaline battery --
> > jildiclivla. (I'd personally prefer "jilka cmadiclivla" --
alkaline
> > small-electrical-energy source).
> >
> 
> And then there's ...
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Speer <rob@t...>
> Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2000 03:52
> >
> >
> > Well, for one thing, the 'll' definitely doesn't work in Lojban.
You'd
> need to
> > separate them with a y.
> >
> > Putting this into jvocuhadju (jbofihe's lujvo-generating program)
gives
> the
> > result of 'jilylivla', but that's because ordinary lujvo can't end
in a
> vowel,
> > so presumably 'jilylil' would be the acceptable form for a name.
Of
> course,
> > that still has the annoying l's.
> >
> > How about putting dikca (electric) after jilka? That'd give you
'jildic'.
> > --
> > Rob Speer
> Yeah.
> What he said.
> zo'o je .uinai
> --d

hmm, i have 4 possible syllables to work with:

jilka [jil] - alkali/base
dikca [dic] - electrical
livla [lil] - energy source
nejni [nen] - energy

i think i like the sound of 'jildicnen' (alkaline electrical energy,
aka battery power)

- alkaline