[lojban] Re: Penguicon Lojban Presentation

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

On Thu, Apr 28, 2005 at 09:36:12AM -0400, Matt Arnold wrote:
> Sunday, April 24 I gave a presentation about Lojban to a packed
> room at Penguicon 3.0, a combination science fiction convention
> and open source software expo. I broke the ice by performing "I'm
> A Little Teapot" in Lojban (with the motions). I explained how
> Lojban relates to Robert Heinlein, Robert Anton Wilson and Yoda,
> even remotely and really stretching it. I mentioned the history,
> the YACC grammar, and the variety of motivations to learn Lojban.
> Other than the standard things like phonetics and grammar (for
> which I used the analogy of a space station), I covered swearing
> and insults in Lojban, explained how Supermemo works, and showed
> the resources and software that are available on the web. At least
> three people are interested in starting a monthly Lojban class.

Go you!  Sounds very cool.

-Robin

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