Return-Path: LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@vms.dc.LSOFT.COM Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (segate.sunet.se [192.36.125.6]) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi (8.7.1/8.7.1) with ESMTP id HAA07530 for ; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 07:20:50 +0200 Message-Id: <199601130520.HAA07530@xiron.pc.helsinki.fi> Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.0a) with SMTP id BF455192 ; Sat, 13 Jan 1996 6:20:50 +0100 Date: Sat, 13 Jan 1996 00:20:34 -0500 Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: SNU: ki'e doi skot. X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 695 Lines: 14 cu'u la paulos. > Isn't there any provision for new gismu? I think words like "xorvo" are > newly proposed, (so far) unofficial gismu. Or the existing list will be > frozen also in number of words? The existing list has already been frozen - for a couple of years. Deletions are virtually unthinkable. Additions are merely extremely difficult or nearly impossible. There are several leaders in the community who automatically vote "no" on any new gismu proposal as a matter of principle. Considering that many people consider that a standard of knowing the language consists of mastering the gismu list, it is true that each addition to the list makes mastering the language harder. lojbab