From xod@sixgirls.org Sat Mar 18 00:38:48 2000 Received: (qmail 8261 invoked from network); 18 Mar 2000 08:39:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 18 Mar 2000 08:39:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (160.79.75.88) by mta2.onelist.org with SMTP; 18 Mar 2000 08:39:08 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.9.3+3.2W/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA25128 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2000 03:39:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 03:39:07 -0500 (EST) To: Lojban Listserver Subject: Re: [lojban] A wide variety of comments... In-Reply-To: <200003180824.DAA00505@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-eGroups-From: Invent Yourself From: Invent Yourself On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > From: Robin Lee Powell > > To that end, I would like to see lojbanists using some kind of > real-time conversation to teach each other the language in actual > conversation. I would be happy to point people to space on the mud I > run specifically for this. Ecstatic, actually. IRC is another option. > There are lots. The main thing is that I think that most of us would > learn the language _much_ faster if we had a reason and a venue to use > it conversationally. Not only that, but such a venue would provide > instant ideas and criticism on translations. Dandy idea. Propose a time on IRC! Keep in mind we range from the US to Finland in time zones. Already there are people dropping in at random times on #lojban on EFNet IRC, and bots there holding the fort. Plenty of real time discussions have occurred there. > Something voice-based like that at http://www.paltalk.com/ would > also rock, but would probably work better if there was a set time for > people to meet. Paltalk only runs on WimpDos. If you can find one of these that runs on Macs and Linux, it would be great! ----- Turn soft and lovely whenever you have a chance. (princessmeliss@oxygen.com)