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The stated primary purpose of Lojban is to be a language which both humans
and computers can understand, so that one can speak to both using the same
language (rather than for example, English with humans and C++ with
computers), so, there's that.

On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:04 AM, .arpis. <rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've found that it helps me organize my thoughts: trying to express
> something in lojban requires you to go beyond the symbol and dig into the
> substance (mostly because you don't have an expression already prepared, so
> you need to figure out what exactly it is that you want to say in the
> process of translating, since metaphors don't translate).
>
> I've also noticed myself having thoughts that would be much
> nicer/cleaner/more precise if I could express them in lojban (but I'm not
> yet fluent enough).
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 4:37 PM, lopa temtru <azuritiss@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I've taken up learning Lojban as a hobby, but I was wondering if anyone
>> could come up with any practical benefits of learning and speaking fluently
>> in Lojban?
>>
>> ki'e
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The stated primary purpose of Lojban is to be a language which both humans =
and computers can understand, so that one can speak to both using the same =
language (rather than for example, English with humans and C++ with compute=
rs), so, there&#39;s that.<br>
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 9:04 AM, .arpis. <spa=
n dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com" target=3D"=
_blank">rpglover64+jbobau@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote cl=
ass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;p=
adding-left:1ex">
I&#39;ve found that it helps me organize my thoughts: trying to express som=
ething in lojban requires you to go beyond the symbol and dig into the subs=
tance (mostly because you don&#39;t have an expression already prepared, so=
 you need to figure out what exactly it is that you want to say in the proc=
ess of translating, since metaphors don&#39;t translate).<br>


<br>I&#39;ve also noticed myself having thoughts that would be much nicer/c=
leaner/more precise if I could express them in lojban (but I&#39;m not yet =
fluent enough).<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div><div class=3D"h5"><br><b=
r>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote">

On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 4:37 PM, lopa temtru <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:azuritiss@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">azuritiss@gmail.com</a>&g=
t;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0=
 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


<div>I&#39;ve taken up learning Lojban as a hobby, but I was wondering if a=
nyone could come up with any practical benefits of learning and speaking fl=
uently in Lojban?</div><div>=A0</div><div>ki&#39;e</div><span><font color=
=3D"#888888">

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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br></div></div><spa=
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