Message-Id: <m0s8tpu-0009acC@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi>
Date:         Tue, 9 May 1995 14:16:47 EDT
Reply-To:     jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU
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From:         jorge@PHYAST.PITT.EDU
Subject:      Re: Hi!
To:           Veijo Vilva <veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI>
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> >>   Does anyone have a general
> >>   idea of the nationality distribution of Lojbanists?
> >
> >Many USians, some UKians, at least one from each of Australia, Finland,
> >Croatia, Hungary, China, Argentina (moi), and maybe some other places.

I should have said Bulgaria, not Hungary, I hope Ivan is not reading... :)

> >Maybe Lojbab can give more accurate numbers.
>
> Actually, the answer to all this depends on your definition of Lojbanist.

Well, not a fluent speaker, or the numbers would be too small, but not
someone who just visited the WWW pages either.

> Jorge omitted both the minilessson and the Diagrammed Summary of Lojban
> Grammar, which are more basic than the textbook and reference grammar, and
> mosst people sstart with those two documents - the minilesson is however
> written for an American audience and has been occasionally confussing for
> non-native-English speakers.

Yes, those are a good introduction, too, I had forgotten.

Jorge