Re: {lo} down

[lojban@solipsys.co.uk]

>> For someone who basically left the lojban project 8 years or
>> more ago because of this type of bickering 

> I'm curious to know, who are you?

Charles Babbage, in his essay "Decline of Science in England" wrote 

    " If a fact is to be established by testimony, anonymous
      assertion is of no value; if it can be proved, by evidence
      to which the public have access, it is of no consequence
      (for the cause of truth) who produces it.  A matter of
      opinion derives weight from the name which is attached
      to it; but a chain of reasoning is equally conclusive,
      whoever may be its author. "


> I guess back then people joined up in order to have the kind of
> conversation John and xorxes are having.

I think that is untrue.  I personally know 3 people who, after an initial 
expression of interest in the language, cited these exchanges - I can't call 
them discussions - as their reason for giving up.

It was the only reason ever given.

> Now, many of us are joining to make podcasts and webcomics and horror
> novels, and don't really give a darn about that other stuff.

So, do you know what the semantics of {lo} are?  Can you explain it to me?  
What is the difference between {lo tavla} and {le tavla}?

> It is leaving the stage where the project is to develop the language,
> and entering the stage where the project is to spread the language and
> accumulate a huge corpus of texts.

And I am extemely pleased to see it doing so.  However, whence cometh the 
texts aimed at beginners, with easy grammar and easy vocabulary?  Your 
podcasts are superb, but horror novels using even mildly complex grammar and 
large vocabularies are not effective texts for beginners.

And I *am* interested in the semantics of {lo}, and I would love to see a 
simple and elegant explanation thereof.

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