From sentto-44114-3271-962122032-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Tue Jun 27 16:06:09 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: shoulson-kli@meson.org Received: (qmail 2488 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 16:06:08 -0000 Received: from zash.lupine.org (205.186.156.18) by pi.meson.org with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 16:06:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 17208 invoked by uid 40001); 27 Jun 2000 16:07:18 -0000 Delivered-To: kli-mark@kli.org Received: (qmail 17205 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 16:07:17 -0000 Received: from mr.egroups.com (207.138.41.139) by zash.lupine.org with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 16:07:17 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-44114-3271-962122032-mark=kli.org@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.10.36] by mr.egroups.com with NNFMP; 27 Jun 2000 16:07:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 32025 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2000 14:57:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by m2.onelist.org with QMQP; 27 Jun 2000 14:57:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (207.252.3.72) by mta3 with SMTP; 27 Jun 2000 14:57:56 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.9.3+3.2W/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA26847 for ; Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:57:53 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban@egroups.com In-Reply-To: <8j8nfo+ljs3@eGroups.com> Message-ID: From: Invent Yourself 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: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:57:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Computing in lojbanistan Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > --- In lojban@egroups.com, "LYlun.martins." wrote: > > I'd like to invite experient lojbanists who use Unix, GNU/Linux > > or similar systems, and use software internationalized trough > > potfiles (such as most GNU/Linux software), to translate some > > potfiles to lojban. > > We need lots of specialized computer jargon to do that. If we were > to > suddenly start inventing lots of new computer terms, they would, as > Lojbab has pointed out, run the risk of being flawed and/or malrarbau. Chicken and egg. People will find it hard to write a document if they themselves have to invent a great number of the important words as they are writing. Yet, a list of lujvo carries little weight until it has been tested and proven by history. So let's start at an arbitrary point, with a weak and untested word-list, and allow the forces of peer-review and usage to work! How do we stick "x-lojban" where a TWO letter code is allowed? ----- Power Users think "Your computer is stoned" is part of the DOS copyright banner. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ High long distance bills are HISTORY! Join beMANY! http://click.egroups.com/1/4164/4/_/17627/_/962122033/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com