From lojbab@lojban.org Mon Dec 01 21:19:42 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 42656 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2003 05:19:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m12.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 2 Dec 2003 05:19:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lakemtao01.cox.net) (68.1.17.244) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 2 Dec 2003 05:19:42 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org ([68.228.12.146]) by lakemtao01.cox.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.05 201-253-122-130-105-20030824) with ESMTP id <20031202051938.KINR23168.lakemtao01.cox.net@bob.lojban.org>; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 00:19:38 -0500 Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20031202001632.03f36870@pop.east.cox.net> X-Sender: lojbab@pop.east.cox.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:18:04 -0500 To: John Cowan Subject: Re: [lojban] Origins of the prim/gismu list Cc: lojban@yahoogroups.com In-Reply-To: <20031201170620.GA25519@mercury.ccil.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 68.1.17.244 From: Bob LeChevalier X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1120595 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojbab X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21322 At 12:06 PM 12/1/03 -0500, you wrote: >What is known about the origins of the Loglan prim list? Did JCB just >cook up the English words out of his own head, or did he use some other >resources to do so? It's a long answer, covered in Loglan 2, which I believe was reprinted in TL volume 1, which you should have. lojbab -- lojbab lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, Founder, The Logical Language Group (Opinions are my own; I do not speak for the organization.) Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: http://www.lojban.org