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[2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2c]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d72si419192ybh.5.2020.04.12.04.46.39 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:46:39 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2c as permitted sender) client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2c; Received: by mail-io1-xd2c.google.com with SMTP id h6so6597808iok.11 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:46:39 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 2002:a05:6602:1da:: with SMTP id w26mr12021587iot.191.1586691999208; Sun, 12 Apr 2020 04:46:39 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <18776223.2757089.1586622570213.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <18776223.2757089.1586622570213@mail.yahoo.com> <6fe62be6-21b6-40b7-98b6-0f4e0072df47@googlegroups.com> <8eb60e09-2aa3-4e14-b37e-f716ea06ecfe@googlegroups.com> <1137a1b7-cd6f-4c7c-b2cc-f38e8b4abb3f@googlegroups.com> <59cebb85-184c-49ed-9556-438ca75de05f@googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: From: MorphemeAddict Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2020 06:46:15 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Why Lojban fails To: lojban@googlegroups.com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000fb17c305a31684d7" X-Original-Sender: lytlesw@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com header.s=20161025 header.b=t8U3Ezwb; spf=pass (google.com: domain of lytlesw@gmail.com designates 2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2c as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=lytlesw@gmail.com; dmarc=pass (p=NONE sp=QUARANTINE dis=NONE) header.from=gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Spam-Checked-In-Group: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: , List-Unsubscribe: , X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_bar: -- --000000000000fb17c305a31684d7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Where can I find out more about these other dialects of Lojban and the supposed problems and their solutions? stevo On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 6:02 AM Gleki Arxokuna wrote: > > > Em domingo, 12 de abril de 2020 12:30:07 UTC+3, uakci escreveu: >> >> (snip) >> >>> Lojban even if failed elsewhere shines here in it's stability. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Latin, too, is a stable language. But it's been long abandoned, for >>>> Romance languages had sprung about. The only reason some people learn = Latin >>>> is for academic purposes, since it has a great share in the body of >>>> scientific works our world has produced. >>>> >>> >>> Latin is a live language btw. >>> As the CLL puts it creation of new words is encouraged. >>> >> >> (see (1)) >> >> I feel no bloat in it at all but backward incompatibility as a drawback. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Languages change regardless of backward compatibility. No solution is >>>> truly future-proof; the only approach that guarantees success is to em= brace >>>> change. Dismissing change on grounds of there being change in the firs= t >>>> place is, in my opinion, hilariously wrong =E2=80=94 then if you're so= passionate >>>> about keeping the language in its current form, why not declare it to = be a >>>> success and, most importantly, move on to more important things in our >>>> lives? >>>> >>> I don't consider any notion of "success" for Lojban as being important. >>> No teleology sorry. >>> >> >> Then why are you engaging in a discussion about Lojban failing? If it >> doesn=E2=80=99t matter to you, then you might as well stop caring and, a= s I=E2=80=99ve >> suggested before, move on. >> > > I initially replied to pycyn. That whatever the goals were they are not > important. > So I'm engaging in it just to say that the topic is of little importance. > >> >> > > Isn't that=E2=80=A6 like=E2=80=A6 the opposite of what I want and th= e exact statement >> of what you want? >> >>> Sure. You are trying to change and change and change the language so >>> that new learners will never catch up >>> >> >> (ad (1)) >> >> I see this as the manifestation of the ultimate hypocrisy. We are >> encouraged to create vocabulary, and vocabulary is a core part of the >> language, but no grammar proposals for you! I don=E2=80=99t understand w= hy you >> don=E2=80=99t have this visceral reaction of disgust when people add =E2= =80=98new and >> foreign=E2=80=99 zi=E2=80=99evla like {inde}, {mlauca}, {kaipti}, {uinmo= } =E2=80=94 yet, they too >> are something a learner will have to catch up with. >> > > That's stability. Lojban is declared that way. New words are encouraged. > See the CLL. New learners will know that if they read the CLL. They will = be > ready for it. > > Whatever you/I/other fluent or non fluent speakers decide to change in th= e > CLL will only lead to the community dying out. > > I can see one important exception to it: mistypes in English text. I > haven't witnessed any antagonism in fixing them. > > As for fixing internal contradictions or adding new parts of the language > as being official (sublanguages, dictionary, translations) that in fact > leads only to the feeling of "I will never make this". If Lojban were som= e > programming framework supported by some la mikro softo company we could > ignore that and say: learn this ever-changing thing or leave it. > > >> However, any attempts to introduce changes to the language which simplif= y >> it and remedy all the overengineering are always turned down by the >> =E2=80=98official=E2=80=99 language =E2=80=98lobby=E2=80=99. This causes= the language to drift away from >> what people actually use =E2=80=94 slowly but surely =E2=80=94 and I rea= lly am sure that >> this will turn against you. >> > > What I think is of little importance too. > I may speak xorlo or another crazy dialect. Thats my choice. New learners > have none. They must first reach fluency. > If existing fluent speakers don't stop tinkering seriously soon there wil= l > be fewer and fewer new learners coming (some assert this is already > happening). > > > >> Here, let me try and make a point. Ever come upon The Glasgow >> Conversation of 1995? One of the conversants happens to use a certain wo= rd >> that the other isn=E2=80=99t familiar with, and so the conversation devo= lves into a >> mini-argument about those =E2=80=98bloody new cmavo=E2=80=99. (I don=E2= =80=99t suspect that they >> were totally serious with it, but that=E2=80=99s how it went in the end.= ) This is a >> pinnacle of Lojban =E2=80=98cancel culture=E2=80=99, and do you know wha= t cmavo was the >> offender here? It=E2=80=99s {bu=E2=80=99u}. Now would you imagine that a= cmavo that=E2=80=99s used >> all the time nowadays had people against it when it was being first >> introduced? >> > > That was before Lojban got into "release" state. But even from the CLL 1.= 0 > standpoint addition of some "su'oi" cmavo is okay, the CLL allows for tha= t. > I would mildly argue that such additions make learning harder. I wouldn't > recommend adding such new words into tutorials. > > However, e.g. every 5 years some official organization could say " here i= s > the new version of the language, instead of print "hello" you should now > say print("hello") ". This would obviously make the community lose those > who bought the previous edition of the Book but at the same time give som= e > sense of bettering over time. But given that no such committee is going t= o > appear anytime soon (lack of technical and organisational skills) this is > just my fantasy that can be safely ignored. Better to stick to the only > edition of the language. > >> >> Pretend English is our language of interest. Every time somebody says >> =E2=80=98there=E2=80=99s reasons=E2=80=99 instead of =E2=80=98there are = reasons=E2=80=99, as a fellow English >> speaker you MUST lash out at them and tell them they belong to the deepe= st >> strata of hell. In other words, if you have opinions about what the >> language should be like, you MUST make it clear that those are the corre= ct >> ones. Good luck making friends with this sort of attitude. >> > > English is not prescriptive. > > >> >> Also, Dotside. >> >> All this is proof that over the entire history of language, people have >> bitched, bitch, and will be bitching about how we ought to speak languag= e X >> (where X may be English or Lojban). But you pretend that there=E2=80=99s= no change >> and no change is needed and one can get by without any change at all. Th= e >> only future I foresee for you and the people who share your mindset is t= hat >> you=E2=80=99ll stay where you are with your Lojban v1.0 Final Release wh= ile others >> move on. I=E2=80=99ve already moved on, and so have the most prominent L= ojbanists >> of the last decade. I=E2=80=99m pretty sure most of them still think of = themselves >> as Lojbanists; however, the toxic attitude that=E2=80=99s so prominent a= mong the >> members of the community ultimately makes them want to quit engaging in = it, >> at least within the official venues like the IRC channel. >> > > That's fine. They can leave. Maybe Lojban has some inner hidden goal and > Lojban taught them something so that they don't need either the language = or > the community anymore. > And that's great since without tinkering more space will be provided for > new learners to come. > > >> >> I don=E2=80=99t know if I have much more to say. But most importantly, y= =E2=80=99all=E2=80=99s >> utter inability to =E2=80=98read the room=E2=80=99 and understand the ne= eds of those who=E2=80=99ve >> had the largest impact on the community will eventually make it run dry. >> > > You put it right. I don't care of those who already learnt Lojban. > > I already had been pretty lifeless until recently, and that phase, I >> think, had managed to last for a couple years. =E2=80=98Impressive=E2=80= =99, huh? I see >> that it must be either dead air or vain debates (or rather: debacles) ab= out >> what Lojban should and shouldn=E2=80=99t be. >> >> Instead of just using it, as one does. >> >> =E2=80=94 Mi Hoashi j=C3=AD ka. >> >>> -- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lojban/f1e41358-15f6-469a-9623-11725854= d112%40googlegroups.com > > . > --=20 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 e= mail to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/= lojban/CAHiXx%3DNHAiAoC-c5xtN2FkPi5Ddzto8cARCo8c0XA79jd-JV-g%40mail.gmail.c= om. --000000000000fb17c305a31684d7 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Where can I find out more about these other dialects of Lojb= an and the supposed problems and their solutions?=C2=A0

stevo

On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 6:02 AM Gleki Arxokuna <gleki.is.my.name@gmail.com> wrote:

Em domingo, 12 de abril de 2020 12:30:07 UTC+3, uakci escreveu:
(snip)<= /div>
Lojban= even if failed elsewhere shines here in it's stability.

Latin, too, is a stable language. But it's been= long abandoned, for Romance languages had sprung about. The only reason so= me people learn Latin is for academic purposes, since it has a great share = in the body of scientific works our world has produced.

Latin is a live language=C2=A0 btw.
As the CLL puts it creation of new words is encouraged.

(see (1))

I feel no bloat in it a= t all but backward incompatibility as a drawback.=C2=A0

Languages change regardless of backward compatibil= ity. No solution is truly future-proof; the only approach that guarantees s= uccess is to embrace change. Dismissing change on grounds of there being ch= ange in the first place is, in my opinion, hilariously wrong =E2=80=94 then= if you're so passionate about keeping the language in its current form= , why not declare it to be a success and, most importantly, move on to more= important things in our lives?
I do= n't consider any notion of "success" for Lojban as being impo= rtant. No teleology sorry.

Then why are you engaging in a discussion = about Lojban failing? If it doesn=E2=80=99t matter to you, then you might a= s well stop caring and, as I=E2=80=99ve suggested before, move on.

I initially replied to pycyn. That what= ever the goals were they are not important.
So I'm engaging i= n it just to say that the topic is of little importance.=C2=A0

> > Isn't that=E2=80=A6 like=E2=80=A6 the oppo= site of what I want and the exact statement of what you want?
Sure. You a= re trying to change and change and change the language so that new learners= will never catch up=C2=A0

(ad (1))

=
I see this as the manifestation of the ultimate hypocrisy= . We are encouraged to create vocabulary, and vocabulary is a core part of = the language, but no grammar proposals for you! I don=E2=80=99t understand = why you don=E2=80=99t have this visceral reaction of disgust when people ad= d =E2=80=98new and foreign=E2=80=99 zi=E2=80=99evla like {inde}, {mlauca}, = {kaipti}, {uinmo} =E2=80=94 yet, they too are something a learner will have= to catch up with.

That's s= tability. Lojban is declared that way. New words are encouraged. See the CL= L. New learners will know that if they read the CLL. They will be ready for= it.

Whatever you/I/other fluent or non fluent spe= akers decide to change in the CLL will only lead to the community dying out= .

I can see one important exception to it: mistype= s in English text. I haven't witnessed any antagonism in fixing them.

As for fixing internal contradictions or adding new= parts of the language as being official (sublanguages, dictionary, transla= tions) that in fact leads only to the feeling of "I will never make th= is". If Lojban were some programming framework supported by some la mi= kro softo company we could ignore that and say: learn this ever-changing th= ing or leave it.
=C2=A0
However, any attempts to introduce ch= anges to the language which simplify it and remedy all the overengineering = are always turned down by the =E2=80=98official=E2=80=99 language =E2=80=98= lobby=E2=80=99. This causes the language to drift away from what people act= ually use =E2=80=94 slowly but surely =E2=80=94 and I really am sure that t= his will turn against you.

What= I think is of little importance too.
I may speak xorlo or anothe= r crazy dialect. Thats my choice. New learners have none. They must first r= each fluency.
If existing fluent speakers don't stop tinkerin= g seriously soon there will be fewer and fewer new learners coming (some as= sert this is already happening).



Here, let me try and make a point. Ever come upon The Gl= asgow Conversation of 1995? One of the conversants happens to use a certain= word that the other isn=E2=80=99t familiar with, and so the conversation d= evolves into a mini-argument about those =E2=80=98bloody new cmavo=E2=80=99= . (I don=E2=80=99t suspect that they were totally serious with it, but that= =E2=80=99s how it went in the end.) This is a pinnacle of Lojban =E2=80=98c= ancel culture=E2=80=99, and do you know what cmavo was the offender here? I= t=E2=80=99s {bu=E2=80=99u}. Now would you imagine that a cmavo that=E2=80= =99s used all the time nowadays had people against it when it was being fir= st introduced?

That was before = Lojban got into "release" state. But even from the CLL 1.0 standp= oint addition of some "su'oi" cmavo is okay, the CLL allows f= or that. I would mildly argue that such additions make learning harder. I w= ouldn't recommend adding such new words into tutorials.

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However, e.g. every 5 years some official organization could say = " here is the new version of the language, instead of print "hell= o" you should now say print("hello") ". This would obvi= ously make the community lose=C2=A0 those who bought the previous edition o= f the Book but at the same time give some sense of bettering over time. But= given that no such committee is going to appear anytime soon (lack of tech= nical and organisational skills) this is just my fantasy that can be safely= ignored. Better to stick to the only edition of the language.

Pretend English is our language of interest. Every time = somebody says =E2=80=98there=E2=80=99s reasons=E2=80=99 instead of =E2=80= =98there are reasons=E2=80=99, as a fellow English speaker you MUST lash ou= t at them and tell them they belong to the deepest strata of hell. In other= words, if you have opinions about what the language should be like, you MU= ST make it clear that those are the correct ones. Good luck making friends = with this sort of attitude.

Eng= lish is not prescriptive.
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A= lso, Dotside.

All this i= s proof that over the entire history of language, people have bitched, bitc= h, and will be bitching about how we ought to speak language X (where X may= be English or Lojban). But you pretend that there=E2=80=99s no change and = no change is needed and one can get by without any change at all. The only = future I foresee for you and the people who share your mindset is that you= =E2=80=99ll stay where you are with your Lojban v1.0 Final Release while ot= hers move on. I=E2=80=99ve already moved on, and so have the most prominent= Lojbanists of the last decade. I=E2=80=99m pretty sure most of them still = think of themselves as Lojbanists; however, the toxic attitude that=E2=80= =99s so prominent among the members of the community ultimately makes them = want to quit engaging in it, at least within the official venues like the I= RC channel.=C2=A0

That'= s fine. They can leave. Maybe Lojban has some inner hidden goal and Lojban = taught them something so that they don't need either the language or th= e community anymore.
And that's great since without tinkering= more space will be provided for new learners to come.
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I don=E2=80=99t know if= I have much more to say. But most importantly, y=E2=80=99all=E2=80=99s utt= er inability to =E2=80=98read the room=E2=80=99 and understand the needs of= those who=E2=80=99ve had the largest impact on the community will eventual= ly make it run dry.

You put it = right. I don't care of those who already learnt Lojban.

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I already had been pretty lifeless until recently, and that phase, I th= ink, had managed to last for a couple years. =E2=80=98Impressive=E2=80=99, = huh? I see that it must be either dead air or vain debates (or rather: deba= cles) about what Lojban should and shouldn=E2=80=99t be.=C2=A0

Instead of just using it, as one doe= s.

=E2=80=94 Mi Hoashi j= =C3=AD ka.

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