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Date: Tue Dec 17 17:30:17 1991
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From: Chris Handley <cbmvax!uunet!GANDALF.OTAGO.AC.NZ!pucc.PRINCETON.EDU!CHandley>
Subject:      Re: the art of running uphill
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To: John Cowan <cowan@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>,
        Eric Raymond <eric@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>,
        Eric Tiedemann <est@SNARK.THYRSUS.COM>
Status: RO

Nick writes (among many other pertinent points)
>
>>A second standardizing force will be the dictionary writers.
>
>I personally think that the dictionary will be a flop, and that
>Lojban is a language antithetic to dictionary dependence, the
>language being used so word-creatively. Look to the Full Analytical
>Dictonary of Esp as an example to avoid: Larousse superposed on
>Esp, or Oxford on Lojban, will not work.
>
I guess what we really need (more than Larousse, Oxford or Roget) is
either or both of Fowler and Strunk. Any volunteers?

Chris Handley                                     chandley@otago.ac.nz
Dept of Computer Science                       Ph     (+64) 3-479-8499
University of Otago                           Fax     (+64) 3-479-8577
Dunedin, NZ