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Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2014 16:52:17 -0500
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The example offered for a long word in English is ridiculous. I doubt
anyone uses it, or that it's more than a curiosity, and it's misspelled.
Should be "hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia
=E2=80=8B".
=E2=80=8B

stevo

On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:17 PM, <htffanofflaky@gmail.com> wrote:

> 1. It's designed to combine the words to from relations. Not a lot of
> words are needed because each added potential concept squares the number =
of
> existing ones. Any concept can be used with any other concept. All of you=
r
> examples do exist in lojban, and are assumed to be from the perspective o=
f
> the person saying it. Even so, they are terrible examples because they ha=
ve
> no concrete definition even in English.
> 2. Those can be used with concepts. Traffic is such an abstract word it i=
s
> actually a horrible example. None of those terms have anything in common.
> Traffic has multiple meanings and using it is like using Google Translate
> to speak professionally. You will never get there. The whole idea is to
> remove abstraction and you are bashing it for doing exactly that.
> 3. Hippopotomonstrososequapedaliaphobia. An actual word in English. What
> was that about long words again?
> 4. You memorized a lot more when you learned English. What was that about
> everyone being unable to learn new words?
> 5. Of course they aren't derived. It's not based on a single language.
> That would limit who speaks it.
> 6. You didn't find the parts because you were too strict in looking and
> didn't bother to look.
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default"><font face=3D"monospace" size=
=3D"4">The example offered for a long word in English is ridiculous. I doub=
t anyone uses it, or that it&#39;s more than a curiosity, and it&#39;s miss=
pelled. Should be &quot;<span style=3D"color:black;line-height:1.3;backgrou=
nd-color:initial">hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia</span><div class=3D"g=
mail_default" style=3D"color:black;line-height:1.3;display:inline;backgroun=
d-color:initial">=E2=80=8B&quot;.</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=
=3D"color:black;line-height:1.3;display:inline;background-color:initial"> =
=E2=80=8B</div></font></div><div class=3D"gmail_default"><br></div><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:&#39;courier new&#39;,monospace">=
stevo</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 1:17 PM,  <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ht=
ffanofflaky@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">htffanofflaky@gmail.com</a>&gt;</s=
pan> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex=
;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>1. It&#=
39;s designed to combine the words to from relations. Not a lot of words ar=
e needed because each added potential concept squares the number of existin=
g ones. Any concept can be used with any other concept. All of your example=
s do exist in lojban, and are assumed to be from the perspective of the per=
son saying it. Even so, they are terrible examples because they have no con=
crete definition even in English.</div><div>2. Those can be used with conce=
pts. Traffic is such an abstract word it is actually a horrible example. No=
ne of those terms have anything in common. Traffic has multiple meanings an=
d using it is like using Google Translate to speak professionally. You will=
 never get there. The whole idea is to remove abstraction and you are bashi=
ng it for doing exactly that.</div><div>3. Hippopotomonstrososequapedaliaph=
obia. An actual word in English. What was that about long words again?</div=
><div>4. You memorized a lot more when you learned English. What was that a=
bout everyone being unable to learn new words?</div><div>5. Of course they =
aren&#39;t derived. It&#39;s not based on a single language. That would lim=
it who speaks it.</div><div>6. You didn&#39;t find the parts because you we=
re too strict in looking and didn&#39;t bother to look.</div></div><div cla=
ss=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">

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