2011/11/1 Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>

I have recently had the pleasure to witness the birth of my two
amazing girl infants.

The mother is permitting me (it was a requirement of my helping her
have kids, actually) to natter at them in Lojban, with the intention
of them learning it as a language in the usual way (i.e. by having
it around, rather than by explicit teaching). =A0This will be a bit
wonky as I'm the only person in the household who speaks it, but
it'll be interesting, at least.

Now, having said that, while I'm pretty good with the language, I
have the same sorts of problems as everybody else: I get stuck
saying things because I don't have the vocabulary or because of lack of idiom.

This sort of thing takes a fair bit of effort to overcome (I've been known to spend multiple hours creating a new word, for example), and
I don't have a lot of spare effort available, because, as previously mentioned, I'm *raising infant twins*. =A0This limits my available
time. =A0Pretty extremely.

It is likely that the Lojban community has some pretty strong
interest in helping out with this project. =A0:)

So, if you'd like to help, here's what I'd like:

1. =A0An indication here if you'd be willing to help with vocab/idiom issues. =A0My ideal here would be that I send a post here (perhaps
with "jboverba" in the subject always?) with "I tried to say= "why is
your lip quivering?" today and failed" or so, and y'all figur= e it
out, and I ignore the thread, and then someone emails me directly
with the result. =A0Knowing that there's a pool of people willing to help there would be lovely.

2. =A0Right now my sleep schedule has been modified to accomodate the
household's needs, and this is likely to last for a few weeks. =A0In particular, I have some dead time between about midnight and about
06:00 US/Pacific time. =A0People being around to chat with in Lojban
would be lovely. =A0Ideally, be on IRC and then we'll skype. =A0I don&#= 39;t
necessarily need people to do any talking, I just need more practice
at emitting at full speed. =A0If the other person understands me, so
much the better. =A0:)

3. =A0The birth story is somewhat unusual and interesting. =A0Would you
be interested in hearing it, in Lojban? =A0I was thinking of doing it
on IRC, so it could be preserved for posterity; would someone be
willing to turn it into something readable? =A0I would need a variety
of vocab, in particular words for "labour" and "labour contr= action"
and "cervical dilation". =A0fu'ivla seem like decent choices = there.
Or, hell, cmevla. =A0We don't use cmevla enough for highly technical things around here.

I think that's it.

-Robin

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