From lojbab@xxxxxx.xxxx Sun Dec 19 21:29:03 1999 X-Digest-Num: 315 Message-ID: <44114.315.1741.959273825@eGroups.com> Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 00:29:03 -0500 From: Bob LeChevalier-Logical Language Group It will occasionally be argued that a constructed language is artificial, >and therefore inappropriate for actual use by natural, living human beings. >Let's consider the context in which this argument is made. Such a criticism >is usually > > registered on artificial paper > using an artificial typewriter -- > after the critic has sleepily climbed out of his artificial bed, > showered with water pumped artificially uphill, > brushed his -- often artificial -- teeth > with an artificial toothbrush > dipped in artificial toothpaste, > and put on his artificially produced > artificial fiber clothing. > He will then have eaten a breakfast created artificially > (and containing lots of artificial chemicals!) > and driven to his artificial office, > where he will do artificial work, > in an artificial vehicle > along an artificial roadway, > while (hopefully) obeying many artificial laws. > >How at this point he can complain about the "artificiality" of any >constructed language bemuses -- and amuses -- me. > >(From chap. 2 of _The Esperanto Book_.) > > >-- Don HARLOW ---- lojbab ***NOTE NEW ADDRESS*** lojbab@lojban.org Bob LeChevalier, President, The Logical Language Group, Inc. 2904 Beau Lane, Fairfax VA 22031-1303 USA 703-385-0273 Artificial language Loglan/Lojban: see Lojban WWW Server: href=" http://xiron.pc.helsinki.fi/lojban/ " Order _The Complete Lojban Language_ - see our Web pages or ask me.