From cbmvax!uunet!CUVMB.BITNET!LOJBAN Mon Jul 6 00:25:11 1992 Return-Path: Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (/\==/\ Smail3.1.21.1 #21.19) id ; Mon, 6 Jul 92 00:25 EDT Received: by cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com (5.57/UUCP-Project/Commodore 2/8/91) id AA21976; Mon, 6 Jul 92 00:04:14 EDT Received: from pucc.Princeton.EDU by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA23366; Sun, 5 Jul 92 22:54:15 -0400 Message-Id: <9207060254.AA23366@relay1.UU.NET> Received: from PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU by pucc.Princeton.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 1421; Sun, 05 Jul 92 22:53:44 EDT Received: by PUCC (Mailer R2.08 ptf033) id 3614; Sun, 05 Jul 92 22:37:28 EDT Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1992 17:59:24 EDT Reply-To: Bob Slaughter Sender: Lojban list From: Bob Slaughter Subject: Re: Chris Handley's suggested parlour game X-To: Logical Language Group X-Cc: lojban%cuvmb.bitnet@uga.cc.uga.edu To: John Cowan , Eric Raymond , Eric Tiedemann In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 02 Jul 92 11:13:56 -0400. <9207021610.AA12399@mathlab.math.ufl.edu> Status: RO >[....] >By making the length be at the writers' options, we can get people like Nick, >who could probably write a good, longer story, but also maybe encourage >Chris, who has never posted longer than words and sentences, to contribute >something. The advantage of having a common context for the stories, is that >it is possible in such a context to tell a little anecdote in as little as a >paragraph or two that can form part of the compendium as well as a >longer story. Maybe we are all sitting around a table, or just campfire, telling stories. I am reminded of an interesting anecdote, or an anthropologist studying a tribe in Africa. She was sitting with the villagers one evening as they were taking turns telling stories. Eventually, they insisted she tell one of hers to them. She chose "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," which, of course, they had never heard of. She was still a little green in dealing with their language, so the translation suffered. The villagers were very perplexed at the end of the story (which took quite a while, as they constantly interuppted and asked questions), as they thought almost everyone acted shamefully or bizarrely. While the witch got what she deserved, they were puzzled at how simply she was dispatched, she witches in their culture can only be killed in an untimely fashion by a complex set of rituals; Snow White should've suffered, because she abandoned her people rather than stay with them, regardless of the circumstances. Prince Charming was a fool, for marrying such a faithless woman, etc. But the article was very enjoyable, and points out some interesting cross-cultural situations in story-telling. BTW, I am finding the inclusions with JL16 very helpful. Thanks Colin! -- * Bob Slaughter * Model Railroading is fun * * InterNet#1: bss@math.ufl.edu * Call 1-800-FOR-RENT * * InterNet#2: Haldane@Pine.Circa.Ufl.Edu * Vampire RPG list admin * * see also: haldane@nerix.nerdc.ufl.edu, haldane@ufpine.bitnet *