From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:59:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Received: (qmail 23655 invoked from network); 15 Nov 1996 15:26:22 -0000 Received: from SEGATE.SUNET.SE (192.36.125.6) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with SMTP; 15 Nov 1996 15:26:22 -0000 Received: from listmail.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <13.305E5738@SEGATE.SUNET.SE>; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:26:16 +0100 Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 10:24:56 -0500 Reply-To: John Cowan Sender: Lojban list From: John Cowan Organization: Lojban Peripheral Subject: Re: Vocabulary definition X-To: Conlang List , Lojban List To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 871 Lines: 23 Message-ID: Claudio Gnoli wrote (on Conlang): > Which are the most "useful" meanings? I suppose this problem was > faced when the basic Lojban vocabulary was defined. It should have been, certainly. The Lojban place structure list, which contains entries of the form: klama: x1 goes/comes to x2 from x3 via route x4 using means x5 has been obsessively reviewed and revised and re-reviewed and re-revised, but it's a tremendous job: very few people have the fortitude to process 1350 or so entries, and tend to run out of steam somewhere in the Fs. In essence, this is one of those jobs that is not so much finished as abandoned. There have been various attempts at rationalizing entries that should be parallel, sometimes successfully, sometimes not. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org e'osai ko sarji la lojban