Received: from mail-tul01m020-f189.google.com ([209.85.214.189]:46812) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1S3RpT-0001km-Be; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:43:24 -0800 Received: by obbuo6 with SMTP id uo6sf1299450obb.16 for ; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:43:16 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lojban+bncCKyEq_TBFBDigMP6BBoEEik4-Q@googlegroups.com designates 10.236.177.101 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.236.177.101; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lojban+bncCKyEq_TBFBDigMP6BBoEEik4-Q@googlegroups.com designates 10.236.177.101 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=lojban+bncCKyEq_TBFBDigMP6BBoEEik4-Q@googlegroups.com; dkim=pass header.i=lojban+bncCKyEq_TBFBDigMP6BBoEEik4-Q@googlegroups.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.236.177.101]) by 10.236.177.101 with SMTP id c65mr3829203yhm.19.1330692196901 (num_hops = 1); Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:43:16 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:date:from:to:message-id:subject:mime-version :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=rB/IuT8PWEEy4xgtv3XnRX4pGoxCerBete7wgJrWf5E=; b=gS66k/DojC6KLcQvb5nFtc/olhHwApfr/r0XsjiIYKiiN6u3fIcpeeAnA3DtFnMONG /pIUt5Hm9zwswrT6dKVQf306IFi5EvfT+YE2d4KyIK0zZuUfpaUeJm7lwbv4+q/sJqWA LzJmXcq3YLhUfWpM5cI30uvxQhVfp3hTdZLYQ= Received: by 10.236.177.101 with SMTP id c65mr1101132yhm.19.1330692194252; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:43:14 -0800 (PST) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.101.10.12 with SMTP id n12ls2166577ani.5.gmail; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:43:13 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.236.190.37 with SMTP id d25mr579987yhn.7.1330692193600; Fri, 02 Mar 2012 04:43:13 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 04:43:13 -0800 (PST) From: "M.Nael" To: lojban@googlegroups.com Message-ID: <30903050.276.1330692193136.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@ynca15> Subject: [lojban] Using Lojban in 'very' defined contexts (eg. maths) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-Sender: muhammad.nael@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: ls.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of muhammad.nael@gmail.com designates internal as permitted sender) smtp.mail=muhammad.nael@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="----=_Part_275_26293164.1330692193135" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / ------=_Part_275_26293164.1330692193135 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Would this work? My native language is Arabic yet I've studied Mathematics since age 3 in English... Arabic has the disadvantage of having 'too-many syllables' as opposed to (usually) 1-2 in English. This is most visible in numbers. Arabic 'One' is 'wa?id' | 'Two' is 'i0na:n' | 'Three' is '0la:0ah' and so on. Even with English being more efficient here (and I've grown to use its number-words in mental calculation), I still find myself saying 'three-thousand bla-bla-hundred), ...etc. Lojban number-words should make up for this, thus: My question is: how much would training for 'pa-ci-re' instead of 'one-hundred, thirty-two' etc... be beneficial for my mental calculations? And if I decided to extend this to the whole of my mathematical thinking? Has anyone tried to use *just* the maths (and generally science-part) of Lojban? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/lojban/-/J2Orr4yu-lUJ. 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. ------=_Part_275_26293164.1330692193135 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Would this work?
My native language is Arabic yet I've studied Mathemat= ics since age 3 in English... Arabic has the disadvantage of having 'too-ma= ny syllables' as opposed to (usually) 1-2 in English.
This is mos= t visible in numbers. Arabic 'One' is 'wa?id' | 'Two' is 'i0na:n' | 'Three'= is '0la:0ah' and so on.
Even with English being more efficient h= ere (and I've grown to use its number-words in mental calculation), I still= find myself saying 'three-thousand bla-bla-hundred), ...etc. Lojban number= -words should make up for this, thus:
My question is: how much wo= uld training for 'pa-ci-re' instead of 'one-hundred, thirty-two' etc... be&= nbsp;beneficial for my mental calculations? And if I decided to extend= this to the whole of my mathematical thinking?
Has anyone tried = to use just the maths (and generally science-part) of Lojban?

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