From lojban@cuvmb.bitnet Wed Aug 07 22:00:14 1996 Received: from punt4.demon.co.uk by stryx.demon.co.uk with SMTP id AA13764 ; Wed, 07 Aug 96 22:00:13 BST Received: from punt-4.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 839440782:03347:3; Wed, 07 Aug 96 18:59:42 BST Received: from cunyvm.cuny.edu ([128.228.1.2]) by punt-4.mail.demon.net id aa02699; 7 Aug 96 18:58 +0100 Received: from CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R3) with BSMTP id 0538; Wed, 07 Aug 96 13:28:28 EDT Received: from CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU by CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 5399; Wed, 07 Aug 96 13:27:59 EDT Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 18:26:47 +0100 Reply-To: ucleaar Sender: Lojban list From: ucleaar Subject: Re: male/female, man/woman, human/person X-To: Lojban Mailing list To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <839440721.2699.0@cunyvm.cuny.edu> Status: R > Anyway, my point is this: why do we need gismu that can easily be > duplicated by by tanru/lujvo? It seems counter-productive to the goal > of an easily learned language. True, but subjecting the language to constant adjustments is also counterproductive if your goal is to persuade people to learn it. And that goal is Lojban Central's. --- And