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Re: Lojban is *NOT* broken! Stop saying that! (was Re: [lojban] Re: Vote for the Future Global Language)



Ivo Doko wrote:

If A = "lojban is fully defined." then "lojban is not A" means "lojban is not "lojban is fully defined."." Decide what A, B and C mean.

In any case, this is what I meant:
"It is not true that lojban is fully defined and that lojban is complete and that lojban is a functioning language."

That *must* be equivalent to:
"lojban is not fully defined, or lojban is not complete, or lojban is not a functioning language."

That still ignores the difference between contradictory negation and contrary negation, a difference that English pretty much cannot distinguish except with a lot of context and convention, while the distinction is fundamental in Lojban.

lojbab

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