names again

I've given this a lot of thought, and I think I may have a solution.

First, the normal Ceqli system is to have 'bracket particles' of the

form x...beX. to beto, etc. And I was sticking to that with

ti...beti.

But I don't have to. I can have bracket words of one syllable that

don't have to be in that form.

I picked zo for the name-terminator because the z won't interfere

with any vowel, or lmnqr, that precedes it. I want to keep it that

way, which means the word has to start with z or s to be optimum

(as the phonology seems to me, anyway).

A little rearrangement will be necessary for this: 'za' has the

current meaning of 'start', but that can change. I propose that

the name brackets be zo...za. Zo to echo 'to', and za for the

end bracket because it'd be slightly easier to pronounce, I

think. So we have:

zo behanfa ze haym za The United Nation.

OTOH, maybe za...zo would be preferable, to keep the za

from getting schwa-ized.

That's the full form, no possible ambiguity. Normally, tho,

the last za would be dropped.

OTOH, often the first zo might be dropped, in the case of

one-word names, especially in compounds

janza - John

franzahaym - France

helvezafroma - Swiss cheese.

So when speaking, you'd have the option of using

either or both brackets, depending on what you think

necessary and sufficient.

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