[lojban] Re: Language Creation Society podcast now live

[Sai Emrys <conlangs@saizai.com>]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Brett Williams <mungojelly@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]

Thanks for the translations!

> .i pe'i za'e mlidu'e lo ka sampu do'e lo'e runbau nelci
> IMHO too simple re conlang likers.
>
> .i mu'a ciksi du'e bauske valsi
> For instance, it explains too many linguistics words.
>
> .i ku'i la'a le ba selvreji cu zmadu lo ka pluja sruma co'e
> But probably the later recordings will have more assumption of complexity.

Ah, yes. Fair point.

We tried to strike a balance there. Some of our audience will be
complete n00bs - e.g. people who happen to come across the podcast in
iTunes who just happen to be interested in language generally, but
have zero knowledge of linguistics. Some will be very advanced
conlangers with linguistics PhDs and years of research & conlanging
behind them.

We have to appeal to both - so, we try to explain any jargon we use
and open with relatively fundamental stuff (so as not to scare the
newbies) yet address topics in some depth (so as not to bore the
oldbies).

Especially so in the intro podcast, as it's intended to be an
explanation of who & what we are. Subsequent podcasts will get into
more advanced topics.

As mentioned in the podcast - if you're interested in contributing
something (about Lojban or otherwise) let us know. You're welcome to
make it as introductory or in-depth as you like - though we'd prefer
something that covers the spectrum (either within the course of one
episode, or over several episodes in a series), just for the sake of
increasing the audience accessibility.

- Sai


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