From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Mon Jun 17 00:29:41 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA12408 ; Mon, 17 Jun 96 00:29:34 BST Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 834846676:22524:0; Sat, 15 Jun 96 14:51:16 BST Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa22449; 15 Jun 96 14:50 +0100 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 0207; Sat, 15 Jun 96 09:50:51 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 0724; Sat, 15 Jun 96 09:50:18 EDT Date: Sat, 15 Jun 1996 22:47:25 +0900 Reply-To: Pat Gooley Sender: Lojban list From: Pat Gooley Subject: Anybody Out There X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <834846650.22449.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R I subscribed to this list because I am fascinated by languages. I know nothing about Lojban, but I am moderately educable. Shortly after subscribing, I got a message asking "Is this List Dead?" I don't know -- is it? Any Lojbanis out there who care to respond, please consider my posiiton and that of the person who queried me. On the other hand, if everyone else is gone, Nina, I guess we can create a new Lojban according to any mutually acceptable rules we devise. Think of the opportunities in this! Tolkein created dwarvish and elvish out of his expertise in ancient English forms; what might we do? The world is our oyster; if the rules of Lojban have fallen on hard days, we'll just create our own. Assuming anyone reads this, let me introduce myself. I'm married to my high school sweetheart (21 years this week), who is in Virginia running our horse farm (Arabs and Morgans). I currently teach Conversational English at a university in Korea. I have studied, to various degrees (sort of best to worst) Russian, Arabic, Latin, Spanish, French, German, Korean, Japanese, and Esperanto. I also have a mean Double Dutch. My local roommate has been known to call me a cunning linguist. I'm a retired U.S. Navy officer, and slightly to the right of Genghis Khan politically. I also have a pretty fair command of technical subjects, including thermodynamics, physics, optics, ballistics, probability, and radar transmission/signal theory, which really makes me a strange duck. Add to that, I have a more than passing interest in D&D, including some PC high level illusionists, druids, and rangers, and you know I'm trouble! Seriously, I do enjoy learning about languages, even if I speak none but English well. If anyone out there is even considering being on speaking terms, let me know. I'm really a fairly nice guy. TANSTAAFL Pat Gooley Tongmyong University of Information Tech nology 051-629-7204(W) 051-625-6267(H) Pusan, Korea Gooley@t mic.tit.ac.kr