Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:55:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.44) id 1DF1AJ-0005Zs-Nv for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:36:43 -0800 Received: from 70-32-97-160.ontrca.adelphia.net ([70.32.97.160] helo=localhost) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA:16) (Exim 4.44) id 1DF1AH-0005Zk-ND for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:36:43 -0800 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DF1AI-0001Ep-Am for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:36:42 -0800 Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Hello list [introduction] From: Theodore Reed To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-zK1d/gvPBSKFK5GafPxh" Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 18:36:41 -0800 Message-Id: <1111804602.16411.7.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) X-archive-position: 1327 X-Approved-By: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: treed@surreality.us Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners Content-Length: 1253 --=-zK1d/gvPBSKFK5GafPxh Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 17:22 +0100, lojban@shindra.com wrote: > Cool :D Lojban seems to be really gaining ground. >=20 > I'd that chance is very small. >=20 > I've spent a lot of time the last few days looking at various conlangs, a= nd Lojban is still the best I've seen. Though I don't agree with the way th= e vocabulary is formed. It sure doesn't help me much in learning it. I'd be= more in favor of an interrelated vocabulary, where, for example, the word = for 'beautiful' is made of the words for 'sight' and 'good/positive', and t= he word meaning 'sight' is made of the words 'eye' and 'sense' or something= like that. > Still, Lojban is great, seems highly professional. Do you realize how long words would get following your formula? Also, sounds like you'd enjoy toki pona. --=-zK1d/gvPBSKFK5GafPxh Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBCRMq5w24JwM4aDNwRAlCNAKCf/M2HDSmcLh0DT9WVAu+wb7tCWwCgmIRL 3262vGi8RXmwjq07ULgMBy8= =TBJ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-zK1d/gvPBSKFK5GafPxh--