[lojban-beginners] Re: Newbie Intro

[Nora Kischer-Browne <azetidine@gmail.com>]

On 9/3/05, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I am 15, am from Australia, and
> > > am NOT a geek (*gasp* surprise!)...I consider myself to be a comfortable
> > > black-box user with amateur HTML skills, but no further.
> > Haha... if you're into Lojban, I'm sorry, you're a geek.  ;)
> > 
> 
>  I agree. Welcome to the noble fraternity of geeks (and sorority, let us not
> forget Nora K.B.).

.iacu'i Don't tell me that I was the only girl on this list before
Naomi came along... I mean, come on. Sure, there's a bit of a skew in
the distribution. But me being the only female (and then only when I
feel like it)? Recockulous. :P ^_^;;

> > > Did anyone ever attempt to recuit their friends to Lojban? I sure tried,
> > > but they think that I'm wasting my time on it o_0...well, when Lojban
> > > becomes well-known in 50 years time, THAT will show them, alright :p

My usual tactic is just to tell people about it, and if they feel
interested, let them get the information on their own. I think I've
managed to recruit two; one likes it because, to her, it feels a lot
like Scheme (which she has a passion for)--and the other is the
first's roommate. I'd like to eventually have enough skill in myself
and enough interest on campus to be able to teach an extracurricular
class on it (or even have Lojban Club!) but I know that such things
are, shall we say, not so likely.

Usually, people whom I tell about it seem to think that Lojban is an
interesting idea, but I get the feeling that most are "too busy" to
look at it further. That and I forget to inform them that it's
supposed to be easy to learn.

> > > I wonder when Lojban WILL become widespread. 

After I take over the world, baby. Uh-huh-huh.

mi'e .noras.