From ragnarok@pobox.com Fri Nov 23 11:35:49 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: raganok@intrex.net X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 23 Nov 2001 19:35:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 70365 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2001 19:35:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.167) by m12.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 Nov 2001 19:35:52 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO intrex.net) (209.42.192.250) by mta1.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 Nov 2001 19:35:48 -0000 Received: from Craig [209.42.200.98] by intrex.net (SMTPD32-5.05) id A5362AC6009C; Fri, 23 Nov 2001 14:36:22 -0500 Reply-To: To: Subject: RE: [lojban] presentation of lojban Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 11:00:01 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: <01112321305701.00949@linux> Importance: Normal X-eGroups-From: "Craig" From: "Craig" X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl >i am looking forward to giving a 45-minute presentation of lojban at my=20 >university, while hoping to get some people interested enough to commit=20 >themselves to regular lojban classes. i presume some participants of this= =20 >list can provide me with suggestions of what gets people interested in=20 >lojban. now is the time to ;) Talking to computers someday (.a'o'ecai), sapir-whorf, total lack of irregu= larities in the grammar, and attitudinal indicators are the big ones for me= . Possibly mention that despite the relative youth of the language, it alre= ady has a few hundred speakers with a discernable culture. Also perhaps the= fact that it is very good at negation, which you really start to appreciat= e once you have given it try. --la kreig.daniyl. 'segu le balvi temci gi mi'o renvi lo purci .i ga le fonxa janbe gi du mi' -la djimis.BYFet xy.sy. gubmau ckiku nacycme: 0x5C3A1E74