Re: Promoting Lojban [was Re: Loglan still alive?]

[SwiftRain <swiftrain@geocities.com>]

xod wrote:
> 
> Once I reach the necessary threshold of Lojban fluency, I will 
> probably take a shot at expressing these ideas in Lojban.
 
i'm sure you'd have at least a few readers (& critiques)! 
 
but that threshold is pretty high.  not just becoming comfortable with
the advanced logical features of the language, but with all the
vocabulary that would be necessary to discuss philosophical topics --
most of which hasn't been invented yet! 
 
> In my opinion, this niche is philosophy and science.
 
philosophy more than science, i think.  scientists often have to be
concerned about being widely read.  philosophers, zu'unai, have never
had any problem with being obscure. :) 
 
> And yet, ironically for those who think intellect and emotion are 
> opposite poles, Lojban may be superior also for the transmission of 
> emotional states and poetry.
 
.iero'i!  pe'i the attitudinals are one of the most interesting features
of lojban.  i imagine in a well-developed lojban culture there would be
socially understood distinctions between many of the attitudinals,
distinctions that aren't clear in english. 
 
i am learning the attitudinals only slowly, but once i learn one, i use
it intuitively whenever i have the feeling.  i imagine that a fluent
lojbanist would use attitudinals a *lot*, often more than one in a
sentence, & would have a very clear idea of, say, the distinction
between .iuru'e and .iusai. 
 
would that mean that speaking lojban will make people better at
expressing emotion?  let's all learn fluent lojban & find out!  .u'o! 
.e'e!  .ai .ai!  
 
co'o mi'e bret.