[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

The Search for the Perfect Language


This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BE1AD2.2C324960
Content-Type: text/plain;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I was just reading Umberto Eco's The Search for the Perfect Language. I =
considered it remarkable enough to resubscribe to the Lojban List just =
so I could discuss it. How many Lojbanists have read this book, and how =
many Lojbanists are interested in the 'perfect language' project as it =
is described in the book, or at least a language that is 'better' than =
the one you currently speak? Believe it or not, the Perfect Language has =
actually been a holy grail for many people for thousands of years. In =
our culture it dates back to the story of the Tower of Babel, and the =
search for the language we spoke before the confusion of tongues.

Geoff

------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BE1AD2.2C324960
Content-Type: text/html;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>

<META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 =
http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
<META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I was just reading Umberto Eco's The =
Search for=20
the Perfect Language. I considered it remarkable enough to resubscribe =
to the=20
Lojban List just so I could discuss it. How many Lojbanists have read =
this book,=20
and how many Lojbanists are interested in the 'perfect language' project =
as it=20
is described in the book, or at least a language that is 'better' than =
the one=20
you currently speak? Believe it or not, the Perfect Language has =
actually been a=20
holy grail for many people for thousands of years. In our culture it =
dates back=20
to the story of the Tower of Babel, and the search for the language we =
spoke=20
before the confusion of tongues.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Geoff</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BE1AD2.2C324960--