Re: Lojban a Natural language? / Masses, socks, Julius,

[John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>]

la lojbab. cusku di'e

> > That Jorge and Tobar, native speakers of
> > Argentinian Spanish and Croatian, have been able to carry on
> > indefinitely long conversations in Lojban,

la xorxes. cusku di'e

> That's Goran, not Tobar, but mixing up names seems to be a Lojban
> tradition by now :).

More than a tradition, it's part of the definition, since names are assigned
by the namer.  la tobar.  (when lojbab is speaking) is whatever he chooses
to call "tobar.", and if it's communicative (which it was), then who can
gainsay it?

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John Cowan                                              cowan@ccil.org
                        e'osai ko sarji la lojban.