Re: RE: Re[2]: Dr. James Cooke Brown

["Robert A. McIvor" <rmcivor@macsrule.com>]

At 5:26 PM +0300 2/18/00, Vjacxeslav' Ivanov' wrote:
>> > From: Vjacxeslav' Ivanov'
>..
>> > Yes, uniting WOULD BE... But how is it possible? The only way
>> > is to absorbe one community by another, but this way is close,
>> > because ekzemple me - I will hardly relearn from the very
>> > beginning to Lojban - the same will say most of lojbanists, I
>> > think.
>> >
>> > So, uu, our ways are parallel...
>..
>> choosing some appropriate lexical indicator at the start of the text
>> one could indicate whether one were writing Loglan in classical or Lojban
>> mode. A stage beyond that would be to define word-for-word equivalences
>> between the Lojban and classical Loglan lexicons.
>
>Can such equivalents be found, if the classical and lojban grammars have
>differences, as I understand? The idea is rather interesting. For example,
>I can start my speeches by smth. like "Hue Slavik ja lentaa la Loglan" :))
>Or we shall invent a "little word" for this... Though in Loglan most
>l-initial little words are already "articles".

John Cowan has suggested 'hoa' as the Loglan word to introduce
Lojban text. It is available, and a reasonable choice, since a similar
sounding Lojban word is also available to introduce Loglan text.


Sincerely,
Robert A. McIvor
(rmcivor@mac.com)