From rmcivor@macsrule.com Sat May 13 11:47:24 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 24816 invoked from network); 13 May 2000 18:47:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by m1.onelist.org with QMQP; 13 May 2000 18:47:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO granger.mail.mindspring.net) (207.69.200.148) by mta1 with SMTP; 13 May 2000 18:47:24 -0000 Received: from [216.192.98.57] (mid-qbu-nqf-vty57.as.wcom.net [216.192.98.57]) by granger.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA09250 for ; Sat, 13 May 2000 14:47:22 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: rmcivor@m3.sprynet.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000512073235.00adacf0@127.0.0.1> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 21:32:51 -0400 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] Logflash From: "Robert A. McIvor" At 7:34 -0400 12/5/00, Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: >>I want to be able to use an English synonym found in the given definition >>instead of the canonical word. For instance, for klama, either >>"come" OR "go". The frustration over feeling punished for giving the >>correct idea but the wrong word has postponed my Logflash usage until I >>bother to go through the list and remove the words I already know, such as >>klama. > >The reason for using just one is that, after you have mastered the Lojban >to English direction, you are given the English to Lojban direction, and >only the keyword is given. > The Loglan equivalent program has always permitted synonyms in the L->E directions. That one keyword is used for the E->L direction has never caused any problem that I know of, but requiring to remember the exact E word was sufficiently annoying that we thought it important to permit synonyms. The synonyms are also included in a separate line in the E->L presentation. (This also clarifies for the user if the E keyword has a secondary meaning, as a large percentage of the commoner E words do. Sincerely, Robert A. McIvor (rmcivor@mac.com)