From lojbab@lojban.org Wed Feb 24 10:14:14 1999 X-Digest-Num: 72 Message-ID: <44114.72.437.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:14:14 -0500 From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" Subject: Re: Funny loglan site At 03:35 PM 2/24/99 +0000, And Rosta wrote: >From: And Rosta > >> The TLI community >[...] >> are also prone to trying to phrase things in "logic-speak" >> with prenexes that are not accurate to the context - like they are >> translating the English into predicate logic notation for a first year >> logic course, and then translating the notation into TLI Loglan. This >> leads to overuse of universals, which seldom apply to the real world like >> they do in a logic-model. > >I can't read Loglan so can't verify this, but, as I think I suggested >before, it seems generally commedable practise among less-skilled >users of the language. At least it makes logical errors (mismatches >between the logic of what one actually said and what one wanted to >say) easier to spot. In normal Lojban style such errors are harder to >spot, which doubtless aids communication but delays mastery of the >language. What you say would seem to be correct, except that the TLI people never seem to notice their logic errors. lojbab