From lojbab@lojban.org Tue Jul 17 09:41:37 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojbab@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 17 Jul 2001 16:41:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 42661 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2001 16:41:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l10.egroups.com with QMQP; 17 Jul 2001 16:41:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO stmpy-5.cais.net) (205.252.14.75) by mta1 with SMTP; 17 Jul 2001 16:41:24 -0000 Received: from bob.lojban.org (169.dynamic.cais.com [207.226.56.169]) by stmpy-5.cais.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f6HGfNT11196 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:41:23 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010717123710.00c2ce60@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: vir1036/pop.cais.com@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 12:45:31 -0400 To: Subject: RE: [lojban] registry of experimental cmavo In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" At 02:32 PM 07/17/2001 +0100, And Rosta wrote: >Jay: > > On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, And Rosta wrote: > > > > > A. Is there a registry of experimental cmavo? If not, could > > > we have one? If noone else wants to maintain it, I'd volunteer > > > to. > > > > My web page dictionary will allow people to submit experimental > > cmavo and gismu, when it is complete. > >This is good, but I'd like to have access to records specifically >of proposed additions/innovations/augmentations to the language. There is no formal method of proposing additions, innovations, or augmentations to the language, and Lojban Central is unalterably opposed to even setting up a system for doing so during the baseline period, because the mere existence of such a system renders one major purpose of the baseline meaningless (the two major purposes being long term stability in order to develop a large speaker population and, the one that is threatened, the transfer of the language change process from one of formal control and direction to one of natural language change by evolution among speakers of the language). Proposals for changes are by their nature prescriptions. We want no prescriptions other than the official language, until the baseline period ends. Ideally, at that point, there will be no need for English language discussion of changes. 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