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Re: [lojban] Lojban: it's not for babies.



Sadly, I disagree with Jonathan about the twins choosing Lojban over English to talk to Robin. I know of a boy in a household where both parents used German and English daily, but the family lived in Germany, and the boy spoke only German, although he could understand his mother just fine. He very early gave up ever speaking English, even to her. 

Despite this story, though, I have high hopes for Robin and his twins. 

stevo


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Jonathan Jones <eyeonus@gmail.com> wrote:
Complete segway here:

Many if not all twins eventually develop a language which only they know, so that they can converse with each other at any time and be assured privacy.

What are your hopes/expectations regarding the two using Lojban for that purpose?


On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
As of this week, sometimes.

Up until then, not really, no; they'd simply elide one letter or the
other; {dirba} -> "DIH-ba", "fart" -> "faht", "aunt" -> "aht".

There are a lot more English words where that works without
confusion, and a *LOT* more English words that simply don't have any
significant consonant clusters.  They've been saying "banana" (or at
least "nana") for ages, for example.

This was my point: given the choice between a language with lots of
words they can see, and one with lots they can't, they pick the
former.

-Robin

That sounds like completely logical reasoning to me. Of course the English over Lojban trend will probably change- at least when they are talking to you- as they become more vocally capable.

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