Received: from mail-yw0-f61.google.com ([209.85.213.61]:38545) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Rxaxu-0007er-RD; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:16:02 -0800 Received: by yhgg71 with SMTP id g71sf813394yhg.16 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type; bh=rC5PTIUdrocH+nFEAOM0LDA8buAcceYnt+hyoasuTVU=; b=XNZiG2mgtL6mHjC5DxkLUXCb2DhlWtOiT4A+FeZuvZXRIBodnhyy/3TOJUHh5qit2M 7L8iVthWsqngYJkvE44NKTDp+rE3i+6rDKbZtpJ5dB8lAg6G7w2stAT9KYKUkTBzFWX+ vMs0EZhDsAa5uWTHwQ4laPwVVuPO0OWcSsYJY= Received: by 10.236.192.137 with SMTP id i9mr1869167yhn.15.1329297345554; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:45 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.101.11.12 with SMTP id o12ls688098ani.9.gmail; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.178.29 with SMTP id f29mr14320801anp.7.1329297344109; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.178.29 with SMTP id f29mr14320799anp.7.1329297344085; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail-gx0-f173.google.com (mail-gx0-f173.google.com [209.85.161.173]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id e44si1240666yhk.0.2012.02.15.01.15.44 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:44 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of davidandresloquehay@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.173 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.161.173; Received: by ggni1 with SMTP id i1so591638ggn.18 for ; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.236.154.137 with SMTP id h9mr31878237yhk.91.1329297343966; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.162.2 with HTTP; Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:15:43 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120215085825.GD25255@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> References: <20120214184839.GW2167@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <4F3AB350.9050304@gmx.de> <20120214192348.GX2167@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> <4F3AB82A.6000904@fantasymail.de> <20120215085825.GD25255@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:15:43 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] About the word "fluent". From: david demartin To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: davidandresloquehay@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of davidandresloquehay@gmail.com designates 209.85.161.173 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=davidandresloquehay@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf303b4427fcee2304b8fd2785 X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / --20cf303b4427fcee2304b8fd2785 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 hey Robin, I think the guys here have a point: speaking fluently is speaking accuratly with speed and ease. it is not so vage a notion that we should stop using it. if you think that, like a bushman in time square, you are able to reason aloud (even if it is not interesting for the kids) with the language you already know, at a reasonable pace... I think THAT would deserve to be called "fluent". Now the problem I think you are raising is that, even if your where indeed fluent in that sense, you still DO have to deliberate on how to call new objects. And that is not the kind of deliberation you would like to serve a child... so, in that kind of situation, even though being "fluent", you'd still opt to be silent quite a lot. so, are you fluent Robin ? :-) best - David Demartin 2012/2/15 Robin Lee Powell > Sajesh: did you mean to add something here? > > -Robin > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:38:18PM +0100, Sajesh wrote: > > Am 14.02.2012 20:23, schrieb Robin Lee Powell: > > >On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:17:36PM +0100, selpa'i wrote: > > >>I'm not sure the bushmen analogy holds. li'o > > >I think that's really optomistic. Sure, they might call the cars > > >"magic horses", but they wouldn't both instantly think of that, or > > >agree on it. They'd be like "Uhh, that... thingy... what the hell > > >should we call that?" "Ummm, I dunno. Fast box?" "That's kind of > > >lame. How about magic horse?" "Oh, yeah, that'll work." [ignoring > > >that bushmen don't have horses, or anything like them (that is: > > >things humans ride to go faster), to the best of my knowledge] > > > > > >You seem to be assuming that they'd instantly come up with the > > >appropriate new vocab, which I think is deeply unreasonable. > > > > > I think what you described there is a very fluent conversation in > > which two individuals agree on a name for a new object. > > Fluency is real-time creativity and it's being demonstrated here. > > > > >>And it doesn't matter what the reasons for that are, the fact > > >>stays the same. > > >Then it is physically impossible to be fluent in Lojban at this > > >time, because this will happen all the time every day until idiom is > > >built up. > > And here I disagree. I am asserting that with the current Lojban, > > you *can* be fluent. Not having lujvo for some things doesn't mean > > you can't talk about them by describing them in "simpler" terms. > > > > >"That is, I believe it's possible to make do with what we > > >have right now, " > > >I agree, and I did. > > > > > You did, but it took you time and effort. Fluency means speed and ease. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "lojban" group. > > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > .i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i danfu lu na go'i li'u .e > lu go'i li'u .i ji'a go'i lu na'e go'i li'u .e lu go'i na'i li'u .e > lu no'e go'i li'u .e lu to'e go'i li'u .e lu lo mamta be do cu sofybakni > li'u > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban?hl=en. --20cf303b4427fcee2304b8fd2785 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hey Robin, I think the guys here have a point:
speaking fluently is spe= aking accuratly with speed and ease.
it is not so vage a notion that we= should stop using it.

if you think that, like a bushman in time sq= uare, you are able to reason aloud (even if it is not interesting for the k= ids) with the language you already know, at a reasonable pace... I think TH= AT would deserve to be called "fluent".

Now the problem I think you are raising is that, even if your where ind= eed fluent in that sense, you still DO have to deliberate on how to call ne= w objects. And that is not the kind of deliberation you would like to serve= a child... so, in that kind of situation, even though being "fluent&q= uot;, you'd still opt to be silent quite a lot.

so, are you fluent Robin ?

:-) best -=A0David Demartin


2012/2/15 Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingd= om.org>
Sajesh: did you mean to add something here?<= br>
-Robin

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:38:18PM +0100, Sajesh wrote:
> Am 14.02.2012 20:23, schrieb Robin Lee Powell:
> >On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:17:36PM +0100, selpa'i wrote:
> >>I'm not sure the bushmen analogy holds. li'o
> >I think that's really optomistic. =A0Sure, they might call the= cars
> >"magic horses", but they wouldn't both instantly thi= nk of that, or
> >agree on it. =A0They'd be like "Uhh, that... thingy... wh= at the hell
> >should we call that?" "Ummm, I dunno. =A0Fast box?"= =A0"That's kind of
> >lame. =A0How about magic horse?" "Oh, yeah, that'll = work." =A0[ignoring
> >that bushmen don't have horses, or anything like them (that is= :
> >things humans ride to go faster), to the best of my knowledge]
> >
> >You seem to be assuming that they'd instantly come up with the=
> >appropriate new vocab, which I think is deeply unreasonable.
> >
> I think what you described there is a very fluent conversation in
> which two individuals agree on a name for a new object.
> Fluency is real-time creativity and it's being demonstrated here.<= br> >
> >>And it doesn't matter what the reasons for that are, the f= act
> >>stays the same.
> >Then it is physically impossible to be fluent in Lojban at this > >time, because this will happen all the time every day until idiom = is
> >built up.
> And here I disagree. I am asserting that with the current Lojban,
> you *can* be fluent. Not having lujvo for some things doesn't mean=
> you can't talk about them by describing them in "simpler"= ; terms.
>
> >"That is, I believe it's possible to make do with what we=
> >have right now, "
> >I agree, and I did.
> >
> You did, but it took you time and effort. Fluency means speed and ease= .
>
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