From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Sep 15 16:24:08 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1EG35M-00059Q-Ea for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:24:08 -0700 Received: from 203-214-30-58.dyn.iinet.net.au ([203.214.30.58] helo=mint.digitalerection.com) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EG35H-00059A-O1 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:24:08 -0700 Received: from [10.0.2.254] (lappy.house [10.0.2.254]) by mint.digitalerection.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07F81A36 for ; Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:24:13 +1000 (EST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) In-Reply-To: References: <431A09AD.2000202@hypermetrics.com> <535730ee05091421562c1d0060@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Paul Bone Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Newbie Intro Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:23:58 +1000 To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-archive-position: 2084 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: boney@digitalerection.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners This is a fantastic Idea! On 16/09/2005, at 6:46 AM, Matt Arnold wrote: > Should it be strictly spoken in Lojban? Probably not. > Or mostly English? Probably not. > Or repeating every statement in both languages? Or something in > between? Something like that. Maybe full text in Lojban and a summary in english so that you are motivated to understand more Lojban but you still know what's going on if you don't. What do other people think here? > Would you like beginner lessons? Maybe. This doesn't have to be every week either. Even if just at the end of each show you have. "This show was brought to you by the words: ..." and give some definitions. (this can be amusing too. especially if you can keep a straight face) > Would you like world news headlines in Lojban? Yes Please. > Would you like to hear the adventures of a xenoarcheologist exploring > the advanced language inscribed on the walls of a subaquatic deathtrap > built by an extinct alien civilization, which turns out to be Lojban? Probably not. but I'm not opposed to this either. it's more of a "meh" > Would you like readings from Alice in Wonderland, The Prophet, or > other texts? Yes. A good idea. > What would get you to subscribe? I'm there already. Another thing that would be really neat. Is if I could just download an mp3 or ogg of the entire show and listen to it in my own time. Say on the train into work. I'm really bored on the train. Most people read but my eyesight isn't good enough to read news-print style things without a lamp or aids. Anyway. This is a fantastic idea. I'm happy to lend skills to this cause but my spare time is nonexistent. -- Paul Bone Programmer (C/C++/Java/ASM) GPG Key ID: 96FA9EED