From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Apr 24 10:03:06 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:03:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HgOPv-0000kF-6D for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:03:03 -0700 Received: from fungible10-dmfe1.mail.rice.edu ([128.42.59.180] helo=fungible10.mail.rice.edu) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1HgOPl-0008SK-S0 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:03:00 -0700 Received: from scan2.mail.rice.edu (scan2.mail.rice.edu [128.42.59.161]) by fungible10.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 302D01DB1B for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:49 -0500 (CDT) Received: from fungible10.mail.rice.edu ([128.42.59.180]) by scan2.mail.rice.edu (scan2.mail.rice.edu [128.42.59.161]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 12402-09 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from webmail1.mail.rice.edu (webmail1.mail.rice.edu [128.42.58.151]) by fungible10.mail.rice.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51BA81DB19 for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from cwis@localhost) by webmail1.mail.rice.edu (8.12.9/8.12.8) id l3OH2mwT000401 for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:48 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: webmail1.mail.rice.edu: cwis set sender to mls1@rice.edu using -f Received: from nat-128-42-163-104.rice.edu (nat-128-42-163-104.rice.edu [128.42.163.104]) by webmail.mail.rice.edu (IMP) with HTTP for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:46 -0500 Message-ID: <1177434166.462e3836d78e5@webmail.mail.rice.edu> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:02:46 -0500 From: mls1@rice.edu To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Constructive comments requested. References: <1189A858F8918F43BE3F9C7603C73FB4031E7CB1@0456-its-exmp01.us.saic.com> <200704241434.13303.colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com> <702226df0704240840t17c660a6je98ea9a77488862e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <702226df0704240840t17c660a6je98ea9a77488862e@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.4 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavis-2.2.1 at scan2.mail.rice.edu Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-Spam-Score: -1.5 X-Spam-Score-Int: -14 X-Spam-Bar: - X-archive-position: 4409 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: mls1@rice.edu Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners If someone would translate anything by Piers Anthony into Lojban, I would be very, very pleased. Quoting "Jon \"Top Hat\" Jones" : > I read it, and I find your approach interesting, but I doubt it's an > approach that will work for me. I'm not really big on the puzzle solving > thing. > > Someone translate a book by Piers Anthony into Lojban and I'll give your > method a good try. > > On 4/24/07, Colin Wright wrote: > > > > Some time ago I wrote: > > > > > ... I was wondering if anyone here would care to comment on: > > > > > > http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LojbanLanguage.html?LJ_BL > > > > Turniansky, Michael replied : > > > Just a quick comment that your first five sample sentences > > > have a superfluous "cu". > > > > I've been thinking more about this comment. The English translations are, > > of > > course, "tensed", and hence inaccurate. For the sake of an introductory > > puzzle, what do people think of replacing the "cu" with "ca" in the first > > six > > cases? Explaining about tense being optional, and "cu" being elidable, > > could > > then wait, and perhaps be the subject of a subsequent puzzle page. > > > > I also invite people here to comment - constructively - on this page: > > > > > http://www.solipsys.co.uk/new/LearningLanguages.html?LJ_BL > > > > Again, please be diplomatic. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Dr C.D.Wright, Director of Innovation and Engineering > > Denbridge Marine Limited, Cammell Lairds Waterfront Park, > > Campbeltown Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41 9HP. > > > > Tel: +44 (0)151 649 4080 > > Fax: +44 (0)870 051 8953 > > Mob: +44 (0)7980 57 22 96 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > mu'o mi'e .topy'at. > > .i.uenai ko klama le bende be denpa bu >