From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Jan 02 08:35:21 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:35:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H1mat-0006qJ-UN for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:34:43 -0800 Received: from silene.metacarta.com ([65.77.47.18]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1H1maS-0006pk-Re for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:34:27 -0800 Received: from localhost (silene.metacarta.com [65.77.47.18]) by silene.metacarta.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C1914C8172 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:33:49 -0500 (EST) Received: from silene.metacarta.com ([65.77.47.18]) by localhost (silene.metacarta.com [65.77.47.18]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 30682-05 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:33:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from [65.77.47.178] (cheyenne.metacarta.com [65.77.47.178]) by silene.metacarta.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CC2714C8168 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2007 11:33:43 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <459A8966.9030207@ropine.com> Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:33:42 -0500 From: Seth Gordon User-Agent: Debian Thunderbird 1.0.2 (X11/20060926) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Mass Lojban Conversion References: <3ccac5f10612310356p6424a233h6e8fe1af02ca85d5@mail.gmail.com> <459814F5.7030709@gmail.com> <86fyaw4b8h.fsf@timothyscomp.hobbsnet> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p10 (Debian) at metacarta.com X-Spam-Score: -2.6 X-Spam-Score-Int: -25 X-Spam-Bar: -- X-archive-position: 13453 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: sethg@ropine.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Andrii (lOkadin) Zvorygin wrote: > > I'm not sure if you are aware, but all of you have an advantage over > natural language speakers. Ambiguous languages can define vaguely what > you are thinking about. Logical languages define precisly what you are > thinking about. That means that the majority of the time, natural > language speakers are forced to be confused about what they mean. I agree with what M@ and John Clifford have said above. If the guy sitting in the cubicle next to me exclaims "Windows crashed on me again!", I am not for one millisecond going to think that he was struck by falling panes of glass. To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.