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Re: [lojban] About the word "fluent".



On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 04:29:42PM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > >>And it doesn't matter what the reasons for that are, the fact
> > >>stays the same.
> > >
> > >Then it is physically impossible to be fluent in Lojban at this
> > >time, because this will happen all the time every day until
> > >idiom is built up.
> > >
> > And here I disagree. I am asserting that with the current
> > Lojban, you *can* be fluent. Not having lujvo for some things
> > doesn't mean you can't talk about them by describing them in
> > "simpler" terms.
> 
> Which is exactly what I did, so what's your point?

Well, to be fair, I had to look up {minra}, which is fucking lame.
:)  But I hadn't told you that, so it doesn't count.

You seem to be asserting that anyone who ever pauses to think about
something isn't fluent, which, umm, no.

-Robin

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