The word 'Lojban' has a meaning in the language itself... As I've given my opinion that even the word list should be redone, I make it clear that I did not mean that Lojban should be changed forever with the current version buried... I meant that it should be used as a 'template' for a third version of the logical language... It took about 30 years to make Loglan, another 15 to get the final face of Lojban we see today built upon Loglan... And I imagine it would take 5 years to make LoCCan-3 or whatever it could be...
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Clifford:
Hard line to draw between making up a new language and getting clear about the
one we have. The history of the latter enterprise, for example, has often
looked like the former, and, to a lesser extent, conversely. I suppose
intention is, if not all, the major criterion.
I needed 2 reads to get this! And I could understand Bilbo easily, no offence.