I can't speak for anybody else, but I know that sometimes when I'm learning something new, I don't want to hear it from a person, I want to read a formal definition or at least a structured book. Some people do learn very well from conversational teaching. Others want textbooks. So I can understand why some would be put off by just "visit IRC" as an answer to "how do I learn..."
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 2:13 PM, Lindar
<lindarthebard@yahoo.com> wrote:
Additionally, we're all human with lives of our own. As much as I love
the language and teaching it, I'm riding the line of homelessness on a
regular basis and trying to survive in a very harsh environment.
The reason the CLL hasn't been updated is because we've had other
(more important) things to do. It's very much the least of our
concerns, especially as it isn't meant to be teaching material (it's
meant to specify and outline the language, hence 'reference grammar').
Currently we (the BPFK) are busy with http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=BPFK+Sections
trying to completely and accurately define every word in the language.
When this gets done, then we have a dictionary project to work on (the
language will not be unfrozen until we publish the dictionary). So we
need to accurately define everything we currently have in the language
(and decide on what changes to the languages should be made official
and how any issues can be resolved), then we need to generate enough
vocabulary to fill an English-Lojban dictionary, THEN we need to work
on the CLL2, THEN we need to work on a new content management system
to replace jbovlaste, THEN we have a million other things to do after
that.
So, really, get on IRC and talk to us. We'll be glad to teach you
stuff. You can call or text/e-mail/skype me ( +1(213)308-2590,
lindarthebard at yahoo dot com, lindarthebard) any time you like and I
will answer as soon as I possibly can. Your best bet is to get on
FreeNode and come to our IRC channel ( irc://irc.freenode.net/lojban
). We love to teach, we'll help you with any problems you may have, we
won't throw books at you, there's a 65-70% chance that at any given
moment there are at least three people willing to give you a lesson on
the spot.
tl;dr shit sucks. you fix it, we're busy.
I look forward to meeting you on IRC. <3
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