On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 4:43 AM, Ivo Doko
<ivo.doko@gmail.com> wrote:
On 27 April 2011 11:35, Michael Turniansky <
mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm sorry, Ivan, but all you've shown me is that someone who is reared
Wait a second here, I don't understand... That's precisely the thing I
was claiming all along!
No it's not. "it is not a linguistic mechanism which comes naturally to humans, thus it is confusing".
That is what you were claiming. You did not say "may be" confusing you said /is/ confusing. There is a large difference between the statements "A is B" and "A may be B", namely that the first is claiming that the possibility of A being B is 100%, whereas the second claims that the possibility of A being B is >0%.
This:
> But you haven't
> proven your case that someone who is reared on only lojban would be
> confused by it. As you say, the brain is flexible hardware. (i.e.
> you can make a valid claim that it is not _natural_, but not that it
> is inherently confusing)
I did not intend to say nor imply. How can something be *inherently* confusing?!
As always, I cause misunderstandings. :(
If you don't want to be misunderstood, make sure you are saying what you mean.
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mu'o mi'e .ivan.