On 5/18/05, John E Clifford <clifford-j@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> But even if
> we could come up with a rationale in this case,
> another case would come along equally mysterious.
> Languages get words in spite of someone's
> rational scheme, not because of it.
Natlangs, yes. But Lojban did mainly get its words because
of someone's (rational or irrational) scheme.
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