[lojban] Re: [please read] survey of lojbanists

[Robin Turner <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

Gregory Dyke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Continuing my crusade to find out how many lojbanists there actually 
> are, I'm now sending this message.
>
> A week or so ago, I sent a lojban-only message requesting those who read 
> and understood it to answer me privately. Apparently those using yahoo 
> had trouble getting my address, so please answer to epfl att lojban dott 
> org.
>
> For those of you who missed the lojban message, you can still tell me 
> that you read and understood that message, which I've pasted at the bottom
>
> Otherwise, I'm asking *everyone* who gets this message, even if they've 
> never posted to the list, to answer.
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg
> --
> coi rodo i doi ba'erodo
>
> i ti jai cipra leka se bangu la lojban kei rodo
>
> i ko spuda mrilu mi po'o fau lenu do tcidu je jimpe ti
>
> mu'o mi'e greg

OK, I've got it, and got the jist of it.  The grammar's nice and simple, 
but because I rarely use Lojban these days, I wouldn't be able to 
understand the whole thing without looking up a few words.  The annoying 
thing is that they're all words I recognise, but when it comes to 
vocabulary, I have a mind like a sieve.

robin.tr

--
"Some guy breaking into a government computer system and wreaking havoc
makes for a more interesting movie plot than some guy writing device
drivers. It's hard to work in a good 10-minutes car chase scene with some
guy who writes device drivers..." - tjc, post to LWN

Robin Turner
IDMYO
Bilkent Univeritesi
Ankara 06533
Turkey

www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin