Re: [lojban] criticism of lojban needed

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 12:07:01PM +0400, Gleki Arxokuna wrote:
> the wikipedia article about lojban might need a short list of criticism of
> lojban with links (e.g. to posts in this mailing list). Balanced criticism
> actually makes languages more popular, so it's advisable to make such a
> list.
> 
> Here are some thoughts:

My troubles actually speaking the thing on a daily basis:

1.  The total lack of idiom

2.  The incredible self-similarity of the gismu makes keeping them
straight extremely difficult for me in practice (i.e. when speaking
at full speed).

3.  *WAY* too many c/s/j sounds; so many accidental tounge twisters

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