Received-SPF: none (google.com: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org does not designate permitted sender hosts) client-ip=173.13.139.236;
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:56:44 -0700
From: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>
To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [lojban] criticism of lojban needed
Message-ID: <20140901185644.GC5163@stodi.digitalkingdom.org>
Mail-Followup-To: lojban@googlegroups.com
References: <CAO7bV+gzuMQacgo6dwYAhyUd1NEVv-6Up2uC=j=XFGvx+bU+QA@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <CAO7bV+gzuMQacgo6dwYAhyUd1NEVv-6Up2uC=j=XFGvx+bU+QA@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)
Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com
Precedence: list
Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com
Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Disposition: inline

On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 12:07:01PM +0400, Gleki Arxokuna wrote:
> the wikipedia article about lojban might need a short list of criticism of
> lojban with links (e.g. to posts in this mailing list). Balanced criticism
> actually makes languages more popular, so it's advisable to make such a
> list.
> 
> Here are some thoughts:

My troubles actually speaking the thing on a daily basis:

1.  The total lack of idiom

2.  The incredible self-similarity of the gismu makes keeping them
straight extremely difficult for me in practice (i.e. when speaking
at full speed).

3.  *WAY* too many c/s/j sounds; so many accidental tounge twisters

-- 
http://intelligence.org/ :  Our last, best hope for a fantastic future.
.i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i dafsku 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.