On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 02:54:04PM -0700, Jorge Llambías wrote: > --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 06, 2004 at 02:28:03PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote: > > > But the main advantage is the reduction in useless proliferation of > > > selma'o. > > > > Not useless; it's already been shown that the proliferation allows > > eliding of a syllable in a very, very common case, which seems important > > to me. > > To me it is better if you just have to learn one pattern [...] But isn't that kinda not the lojban way? Lojban takes the approach that it's better to learn more if it gives you more power. In this case, you spend a little to learn a little more up front, and in return get to save syllables in the common cases later. Let's leave "ease of learning" goal for the billion wanna-be interlangs out there, no? -- Jordan DeLong fracture@allusion.net
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