From sentto-44114-2927-960059557-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Sat Jun 03 19:10:43 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 2831 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2000 19:10:42 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 3 Jun 2000 19:10:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 19240 invoked by uid 40001); 3 Jun 2000 19:12:40 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 19237 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2000 19:12:39 -0000 Received: from fk.egroups.com (208.50.144.73) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 3 Jun 2000 19:12:39 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-2927-960059557-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.36] by fk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 03 Jun 2000 19:12:38 -0000 Received: (qmail 8643 invoked from network); 3 Jun 2000 19:12:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 3 Jun 2000 19:12:36 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO locke.ccil.org) (192.190.237.102) by mta3 with SMTP; 3 Jun 2000 19:12:36 -0000 Received: (from cowan@localhost) by locke.ccil.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA05179; Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:38:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200006031938.PAA05179@locke.ccil.org> To: Ti@fa-kuan.muc.de (=?iso-8859-1?q?Alfred_W._T=FCting?=) Cc: lojban@egroups.com In-Reply-To: <8hb2a2+jqji@eGroups.com> from "=?iso-8859-1?q?Alfred_W._T=FCting?=" at Jun 3, 0 01:47:46 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] X-eGroups-From: John Cowan From: John Cowan MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@egroups.com; contact lojban-owner@egroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@egroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 15:38:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [lojban] Why constructed languages? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit =?iso-8859-1?q?Alfred_W._T=FCting?= scripsit: > I'd be interested in hearing your opinions. E.g., was Lojban/Loglan > inventor's idea similar to Zamenhof's? (Z.'s 'Esperanto' was the > *Hope* getting people(s) united in freedom, peace and 'understanding'. No, although some Loglanists/Lojbanists have had that idea. The *original* purpose of Loglan was purely for experimental linguistics: teach people this language and see how (if at all) it changed their way of thinking. But of course the original purpose need not be the only purpose. We now have many other purposes: international communication, intellectual game, computer-human communication, computer-assisted translation, ... -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org Yes, I know the message date is bogus. I can't help it. --me, on far too many occasions ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WRITERS WANTED! Themestream allows ALL writers to publish their articles on the Web, reach thousands of interested readers, and get paid in cash for their work. Click below: http://click.egroups.com/1/3840/3/_/17627/_/960059547/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com