Date:  Sun, 30 Nov 1997 05:45:29 -0500 (EST)
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From: Ashley Yakeley <AshleyB@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Irony and Cultural Neutrality
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At 1997-11-29 02:09, Logical Language Group wrote:

>>Are you aware that there are examples of
>>unmarked allegory and other unmarked deviations from literalism in
>><ftp://ftp.access.digex.net/pub/access/lojbab/texts/>?
>
>I'm sure.

...
>>Are these Lojban communications? If not, should they not be corrected?
>
>That is up to the author translators.  We have no language police.

I'm glad to hear it. So if I were to use unmarked allegory in Lojban,
would I not be, far from ostracising myself from a norm, following the
approved examples of existing speakers of the language?


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Ashley Yakeley, Seattle WA
http://www.halcyon.com/ashleyb/