RE: [lojban] Re: ISO 639-2 request

["Craig" <ragnarok@pobox.com>]

>> >> > > >perhaps 300 who have some level of interest in the language.
>> >> > > >Lojban has
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Huh. The last statistics I heard were way higher than that.
>> >> > > What's the subscriptions on the mailing lists up to?
>> >> >
>> >> > Better safe than sorry.
>> >>
>> >> Then why not be safe about the fluency estimates also?
>> >>
>> >> My count on fluency is a nice big 0.
>> >
>> >Mine too.
>>
>> You didn't find Nick to be fluent when he was at LogFest?
>>
>> My count on fluency is 2.  Nick, and Goran Topic (by Nick's report).  I
>> suspect that Jorge would qualify as well.

>If you're going by that Nick-and-Goran conversation from 1995, I
>don't think that was anywhere *close* to fluency.

I have yet to see a tape or transcript of that, despite repeated promises
from Nick.

>Either way, though, 30 is just plain bogus.  However, I'd think 30
>is probably a pretty accurate count of the numer of people who are
>interested in the language (for a definition of "interest" that
>doesn't include people who've just heard of the language and lurk
>on the mailing list).

You don't think the number of badyxu'e purchases shows it's at least over
thirty?