From LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU Sat Mar 6 22:54:10 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: veion@XIRON.PC.HELSINKI.FI Received: (qmail 4021 invoked from network); 9 Sep 1997 15:34:57 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se (192.36.125.6) by xiron.pc.helsinki.fi with SMTP; 9 Sep 1997 15:34:57 -0000 Received: from segate.sunet.se by SEGATE.SUNET.SE (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <9.216CB5F1@SEGATE.SUNET.SE>; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 17:34:46 +0100 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:35:16 -0600 Reply-To: mark.vines@wholefoods.com Sender: Lojban list From: Mark Vines Subject: lo cukta pe la lojban. X-To: LOJBAN@CUVMB.COLUMBIA.EDU To: Veijo Vilva Content-Length: 1286 Lines: 34 Message-ID: coi doi lojbab. I will certainly buy (at least) one copy of _The Complete Lojban Language_. I plan to make my purchase in advance of publication, so that I can qualify for the "substantially discounted" advance price. I intend to pay in cash. co'o mi'e markl ============================================================ coi doi runbau selci'i IMO Lojban has the potential to rejuvenate the artificial language movement. Lojban is a highly capable expressive medium, produced by a collaborative design effort, based on predicate logic, cultural neutrality & the elimination of syntactic ambiguity. As such, Lojban is presently without peer. If the field of linguistic engineering has a future, _The Complete Lojban Language_ by John Woldemar Cowan is surely destined to become a classic. No library on constructed languages can be complete - or even adequate - without it. No conlang user, designer or advocate can afford to ignore it. Every learner & user of Lojban should own a copy for reading & reference. Those who want Lojban to survive & prosper should purchase this book. Those interested in the design & description of novel human languages other than Lojban should also purchase this book, as the _de facto_ standard of excellence in the field. co'o mi'e markl