From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Dec 02 15:04:08 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 2 Dec 2002 23:04:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 24141 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2002 23:04:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Dec 2002 23:04:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2002 23:04:07 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18Izbi-00034R-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:04:06 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18Izbg-00034A-00; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:04:04 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:04:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18Izbb-000340-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 02 Dec 2002 15:03:59 -0800 Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 15:03:59 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Some concerns from a Lojban beginner Message-ID: <20021202230359.GP1520@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <1038785193.18814.9.camel@norpan.org> <5.1.0.14.0.20021201184512.0312eb30@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20021201184512.0312eb30@pop.east.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-archive-position: 2912 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 17403 On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:57:14PM -0500, Robert LeChevalier wrote: > At 12:26 AM 12/2/02 +0100, Martin Norb?ck wrote: > >By the way, if anyone has a good method for learning words, let me > >know! > > LogFlash embodies the most successful algorithm for learning words by > study that we've ever found, but it isn't "fun" for most people. > Other than that, trying to write in Lojban is the only way to really > master the vocabulary. Ummm, SuperMemo has rather a lot more research and time behind it. I doubt very much the two methods have gone head-to-head, but in my own use of a dumbed-down SuperMemo product, I'm up to ~1000 words of comfortable vocabulary in ~8 months. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u jmaji le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi