From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Thu Nov 05 09:23:45 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:23:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N663l-0002ci-9S; Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:23:45 -0800 Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:23:45 -0800 From: Robin Lee Powell To: Jolyon Jenkins Cc: lojban@lojban.org, llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: BBC Radio show on invented languages Message-ID: <20091105172345.GI22417@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: Jolyon Jenkins , lojban@lojban.org, llg-board@lojban.org References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-archive-position: 598 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 04:51:39PM -0000, Jolyon Jenkins wrote: > I produce a half hour radio show for the BBC on all aspects of > language, called Word of Mouth. I'm doing an edition on invented > languages, and I would like to feature Lojban. I'm struggling to > find a fluent or at least expert speaker in the UK - the nearest I > have come so far is Colin Fine, who is somewhat lapsed. Can you > help? Looking around. I know for sure we have experts in Norway and Germany, not sure about the UK. > The other thing I was thinking of was whether it would be possible > to record some Lojban phone (or Skype) group conversation but I am > clear from your website to what extent this is actually happening. > Any suggestions gratefully received. It doesn't happen regularily, but we have past recordings and/or we could set something up for you. But let me see if I can find you someone nearby first. -Robin -- They say: "The first AIs will be built by the military as weapons." And I'm thinking: "Does it even occur to you to try for something other than the default outcome?" See http://shrunklink.com/cdiz http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/