Received: from spooler by stryx.demon.co.uk (Mercury/32 v2.01); 23 Aug 98 21:15:48 +0000 Return-path: Received: from punt-11.mail.demon.net (194.217.242.34) by stryx.demon.co.uk (Mercury/32 v2.01); 23 Aug 98 21:15:41 +0000 Received: from punt-1.mail.demon.net by mailstore for ia@stryx.demon.co.uk id 903806073:10:15808:1; Sat, 22 Aug 98 17:14:33 GMT Received: from listserv.cuny.edu ([128.228.100.10]) by punt-1.mail.demon.net id aa1104595; 22 Aug 98 17:14 GMT Received: from listserv (listserv.cuny.edu) by listserv.cuny.edu (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <2.0004EA6B@listserv.cuny.edu>; Sat, 22 Aug 1998 13:15:29 -0400 Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1998 14:06:45 -0300 Reply-To: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Sender: Lojban list From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" Subject: Re: A First Words in Lojban X-To: lojban To: Multiple recipients of list LOJBAN Message-ID: <903806072.114595.0@listserv.cuny.edu> X-PMFLAGS: 33554560 7 1 Y027CF.CNM Content-Length: 1422 Lines: 30 >HOWEVER, I think that it is essential that the Lojban community be a >cooperative-communication one: if a novice coins a lujvo with such a place >implied, it is important not to get too crtitical. We can be more careful >when words seem to be used many times or to be candidates for dictionary >usage. i mi spuda bau la lojban ki'u le du'u pe'i le selsnu na se vamji lo cimni nu casnu i le nu pilno la lojban cu jibni birtygau fi le du'u le nu casnu cu tordu i no'i iesai le nu clite ri'i le cnino jbopre cu xamgu i ku'i lo lujvo poi cizra cu cizra iju da cusku di'u le lujvo pilno >The critical thing is that novices writing "their first Lojban words", and >indeed most people in their first year of working with the language, will >have little likelihood of understanding, much less mastering, the esoteric >elements of lujvo-place struucture conventions. i ue i ma se sivju'o cmima lei terjvo stura javni i lei stura javni cu mutce le ka zmadu lei rafsi jongau javni le ka sampu i e'o ma mupli le ka se sivju'o kei lei stura javni co'o mi'e xorxes