Re: Funny loglan site

["Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 03:35 PM 2/24/99 +0000, And Rosta wrote:
>From: And Rosta <a.rosta@uclan.ac.uk>
>
>> The TLI community 
>[...]
>> are also prone to trying to phrase things in "logic-speak"
>> with prenexes that are not accurate to the context - like they are
>> translating the English into predicate logic notation for a first year
>> logic course, and then translating the notation into TLI Loglan.  This
>> leads to overuse of universals, which seldom apply to the real world like
>> they do in a logic-model.
>
>I can't read Loglan so can't verify this, but, as I think I suggested 
>before, it seems generally commedable practise among less-skilled 
>users of the language. At least it makes logical errors (mismatches
>between the logic of what one actually said and what one wanted to 
>say) easier to spot. In normal Lojban style such errors are harder to
>spot, which doubtless aids communication but delays mastery of the 
>language.

What you say would seem to be correct, except that the TLI people never
seem to notice their logic errors.

lojbab