From pnewton@gmx.de Fri May 16 07:15:31 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 16 May 2003 07:15:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from postman1.arcor-online.net ([151.189.0.187] helo=postman.arcor.de) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 19GfzC-00019h-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 16 May 2003 07:15:02 -0700 Received: from hamwpne1 (pc1-oxfd1-5-cust27.oxfd.cable.ntl.com [62.254.134.27]) (authenticated bits=0) by postman.arcor.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4GEEwpo019385 for ; Fri, 16 May 2003 16:14:59 +0200 (MEST) From: "Philip Newton" Organization: datenrevision GmbH & Co. OHG To: lojban-list@lojban.org Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 16:14:24 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: [lojban] Re: Google in Lojban Message-ID: <3EC50E60.8359.15EC2DC@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02a) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-description: Mail message body X-archive-position: 5307 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: pnewton@gmx.de Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On 16 May 2003 at 13:32, Hugh Parker wrote: > > (b) They're no longer doing "joke" languages like Klingon or Bork > > (as they did at the start). I doubt they'd accept Lojban, > > especially since it's no-one's native language (i.e., everyone > > who speaks Lojban speaks another language which they may already > > have anyway). > > If you click on Preferences from google's main page, you can change > your language, and Klingon's one of the options. So are Bork Bork > Bork, Elmer Fudd, Hacker, Interlingua and Pig Latin. I know. Note the "no longer" and "as they did at the start". > If they'll accept that lot, they'll surely accept Lojban. They might have done when they started up translations but, as I understand it, they're no longer accepting applications for unusual languages. mu'o mi'e .filip. -- filip.niutyn.