From xod@sixgirls.org Mon Sep 17 15:54:56 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 17 Sep 2001 22:54:56 -0000 Received: (qmail 94788 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2001 18:25:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 17 Sep 2001 18:25:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta3 with SMTP; 17 Sep 2001 18:25:59 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f8HIPxo03689 for ; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:25:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:25:58 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Re: logical language and usage deciding (was: RE: [lojban] A revised ce'u proposal involving si'o (fwd) In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010916170032.00db4650@pop.cais.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > > Otherwise, > >it could be argued that participating in debates is a necessary ingredient > >of being an expert user. (Of course, there's some circularity here, > >because usage that does not reflect the fruits of debates might perforce > >be considered nonexpert.) > > I fear this, making me suspect that those who try to use without paying > attention to the debates might end up speaking a different language. > > Alternatively we may just be on the point of developing a second register > in the language, in which case it is purely natural %^) What is a 2nd register? ----- A Nationalist is a Globalist who's city has been bombed.