From xod@sixgirls.org Tue Nov 20 09:59:27 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 20 Nov 2001 17:59:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 85260 invoked from network); 20 Nov 2001 17:59:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m6.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 20 Nov 2001 17:59:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 20 Nov 2001 17:59:26 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fAKHxP224121 for ; Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:59:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:59:24 -0500 (EST) To: lojban Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: i want my brain cells back! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, And Rosta wrote: > aulun: > #> I sympathize. I've always disliked learning other languages because it > #really does feel as though one's brain is being clogged up -- as if the > #knowledge > #> is using limited disk quota, as it were. > # > #As for me, I disagree: you just have let the new language come in slowly > #(finally getting the special taste of each word - i.e. having a > #specific "picture" when thinking/pronouncing it. > > Yes, but this is not very practical if you're aiming for communicative > competence, or for the ability to read texts in the language. You're saying the learning a language slowly isn't a good way to learn it? > > #(tatelebn, farvos hayst men "lokshn" lokshn? - They look like lokshn, > #smell like lokshn, taste like lokshn... No, farvos zol men zey nisht > #haysn lokshn?!) > > What is this language? Some weird dialect of German? Yes, it's Yiddish. -- The tao that can be tar(1)ed is not the entire Tao. The path that can be specified is not the Full Path.