Re: di'e preti zo nu

[Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group <lojbab@lojban.org>]

At 08:19 PM 4/16/99 -0300, you wrote:
>From: "=?US-ASCII?Q?Jorge_J._Llamb=EDas?=" <jorge@intermedia.com.ar>
>la robin cusku di'e
>>Since this is a question of clarifying the language more than of 
>>changing it, we don't have to wait for the end of the baseline 
>>period.  {.e'usai} Jorge, John, Bob and any other interested elders 
>>shut themselves away in a virtual chateau for a while, then come 
>>up with a specific and authoritative pronouncement.  
>
>I'm not sure I quite qualify as an elder, and besides, it would
>be a very long while before lojbab and I manage to reach
>some form of agreement on this kind of discussions. 
>Also, I much prefer reasoned debate over authoritative 
>pronouncements.

At this point I will not even contemplate making authoritative
pronouncements.  If it is in the book, it is part of the design.  If it is
not in the book, the most I would do is ask Cowan what he intended.  This
discussion is a rehash of what was discussed just prior to the baselining
and I see no reason why we are more able to decide now than we were then.
Maybe less because I doubt that Cowan or I is half as proficient in the
language as we were when actively working on the book and engaging in these
debates ourselves.  Real life has taken over .uucai

The spirit of the baseline is that we should not make authoritative
pronouncements anyway.  We are trying to transition to a usage-based
decision process.  So decide what you like; write using that approach, and
see if people understand.

lojbab
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