Re: [lojban] Re: "la" in names

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 06:59:25AM +0600, Yanis Batura wrote:
> On 10.11.2006, 0:04, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> 
> >> I suspect one could find a few other critical errors that have
> >> been made by *every* major Lojbanist.
> >> 
> >> Omission of cu or a required ku come to mind.
> 
> > But those get caught by other Lojbanists.  When 3 serious
> > Lojbanists seriously reviewing a work for publication don't
> > notice, the rule is untenable.
> 
> (I hope you forgot that I promised not to argue on this point
> anymore)

I was annoyed that you ended the discussion saying it was about
"belief and evidence" when you have no evidence for your position,
but I didn't respond to that because you promised to stop, so I'm
rather annoyed, actually.

> I doubt that any of these 3 serious Lojbanists have ever seriously
> looked through that list of proper names. 

*I* certainly did.

> And even if they did, they've surely paid much less attention to
> it than to the main text.

I tried to pay maximum attention to every part of the text.

But nothing you're saying alters my point in the slightest: every
other rule mistake people make gets caught by a casual read from one
or two other Lojbanists.  This is the *only* rule that is so
consistently un-noticed by skilled Lojbanists.  It's in a class by
itself in difficulty.  I don't know how else to say it.

-Robin

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