From lojbab@lojban.org Sun May 28 21:02:26 2000 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19047 invoked from network); 29 May 2000 04:02:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by m4.onelist.org with QMQP; 29 May 2000 04:02:26 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-4.cais.net) (205.252.14.74) by mta2 with SMTP; 29 May 2000 04:02:26 -0000 Received: from bob (209-8-89-145.dial-up.cais.com [209.8.89.145] (may be forged)) by stmpy-4.cais.net (8.10.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id e4T42Pi45091 for ; Mon, 29 May 2000 00:02:25 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from lojbab@lojban.org) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20000529000210.00adfe60@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 00:04:00 -0400 To: lojban@egroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] gismu recognizability In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 08:33 PM 05/28/2000 -0400, BestATN@aol.com wrote: >I have decided, having gone through the LogFlash gismu list in the >Lojban-English direction, that the objective of the method used to create >gismu is not to make it easier for most people to recognize them, but rather >to make it equally difficult for most people to recognize them. the aim of >cultural neutrality is furthered either way. Why don't you see how you feel after you have finished the other direction (recall), which is the direction that is harder to learn (which is why it comes after recognition)? lojbab -- lojbab 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: http://www.lojban.org