From lojban-out@lojban.org Tue Aug 10 06:13:09 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 13855 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 13:13:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.218) by m24.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 Aug 2004 13:13:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Aug 2004 13:13:08 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.32) id 1BuWR1-00084a-Cx for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:12:59 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BuWQI-00082i-SG; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:12:14 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:12:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web86907.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.13.59]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.32) id 1BuWQ2-00081c-UI for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 06:11:59 -0700 Message-ID: <20040810113004.23454.qmail@web86907.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Received: from [81.152.148.127] by web86907.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:30:04 BST Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 12:30:04 +0100 (BST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-archive-position: 8395 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: maggie_lucy@yahoo.co.uk X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Maggie=20Turner?= From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Maggie=20Turner?= Reply-To: maggie_lucy@yahoo.co.uk Subject: [lojban] Re: Yippee !!! .ui .ui .uisai X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 22815 Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 10:35:20PM +0000, Colin Wright wrote: > >>Secondly, I've just run a week long mathematics Summer School in which >>one of the challenges I set was to translate some lojban given some >>examples. Would the group be interested in seeing it? > > > Of course! What does it have to do with math summer school? > > >>Thirdly, I have an idea for a program to help beginners write in >>lojban. I think this would help with what I see as a major problem in >>lojban ... namely ... > > > I have no idea how that would work. > > >>Fourthly, which is the near absence of grammatically simple but >>semantically interesting text. If beginners could write more fluently >>then I believe they would gain the language more rapidly, and generate >>a body of text more suitable to beginning readers. > > > I'd be happy to write some simple stuff, as would others here, but I'd > need a topic or something. > > -Robin > When I first started learning Lojban, I found xod's rather strange fiction very useful, as each sentence was followed by a transliteration. I don't know if it would count as "grammatically simple" but it's worth having a look at, if it's in the archives somewhere. robin.tr ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com