[lojban] Re: What the heck is this crap?

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 03:30:42AM -0000, And Rosta wrote:
> Robin:
> > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 07:23:21PM -0600, Jordan DeLong wrote:
> > > pe'i this is all book lojban, though perhaps slightly hard to grok
> > > from the pages 
> > 
> > "Slightly hard" is a massive understatement 
> > 
> > This means that FA and SE can both change the actual meaning of
> > sentences 
> > 
> > This is not explicitely stated anywhere, except maybe briefly in
> > Chapter 16, whereas it is apparently something that needs to be kept
> > in mind at all times 
> > 
> > I repeat my request for an errata 
> 
> It's not an erratum. It falls outside the scope of what the book
> promises to deliver. (The book does deliver what it promises.)

The book is horredously misleading in key places.

At the very least, could the High And Mighty Masters write this stuff
down somewhere?

-Robin

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