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Subject: Re: [lojban-beginners] taxonomic .a descriptive
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>
>So, the poll is, what is your personal preference for species' names, and =
why?=20
>Do you prefer taxonomic, descriptive, neither both, either depending on=20
>circumstances, etc. etc., and what are your reasons?
>

For me, one of the biggest attractions of Lojban has been the lack of cultu=
ral=20
bias=20

(in so far as possible). I see that as one of the design principles.=A0 Giv=
en that=20
the=20

community is dominated by Europeans, particularly Anglos, there is always a=
=20
temptation to borrow words from English and=A0the Romance languages, either=
=20
because they sound familiar, or because they 'sound nice' (to us Europeans,=
=20
of course!).=A0 The more we do that, the more we lose 'cultural neutrality'=
,=20
the=A0less=20

we=A0attract non-Europeans, the more we use European words ....ad nauseam.

That is why Linnaean is such a good source of words for species, where no=
=A0
reasonable lujvo or Type IV fu'ivla can be constructed.=A0 Although rooted =
in=20
Latin, it=20

is recognized by the worldwide scienitific community and in that sense it i=
s=20
'culturally neutral'.=A0 Also, it is a ready-made store of words - the hard=
 work=20
has=20

already been done!

That is why, when considering a new scientific word, I go through these ste=
ps:

1) Can I come up with a reasonable lujvo?=A0 'Reasonable' means 'is it acce=
ptably=20
descriptive' and not too long.
2) If negative to the above, can I construct a Type IV fu'ivla that will be=
=20
widely=20

recognized? 'Widely recognized' means recognized in a significant number of=
=20
the world's major languages (one of these must be English or Chinese Mandar=
in).
3) If negative to the above, use Linnaean as a basis for a fu'ivla.=A0 I ha=
ve no=20
fixed=20

feelings on Type III versus Type IV.=A0 The advantage of Type III is that t=
he=20
fu'ivla will=20

be more meaningful to non-scientists.=A0 The advantage of Type IV is that t=
hey are=20

shorter.

totus

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