From jjllambias@hotmail.com Fri Jul 20 18:23:05 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jjllambias@hotmail.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_2_0); 21 Jul 2001 01:23:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 56495 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2001 01:23:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 21 Jul 2001 01:23:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (216.33.241.138) by mta3 with SMTP; 21 Jul 2001 01:23:05 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 20 Jul 2001 18:23:04 -0700 Received: from 200.41.247.35 by lw8fd.law8.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 21 Jul 2001 01:23:04 GMT X-Originating-IP: [200.41.247.35] To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Bcc: Subject: RE: [lojban] On a number of parts of threads and single threads disguised as several Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 01:23:04 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 21 Jul 2001 01:23:04.0917 (UTC) FILETIME=[B0E37850:01C11183] From: "Jorge Llambias" la lojbab cusku di'e >Alice in Wonderland, no matter how good or bad the translation, is >worth far more than an equivalent amount of time invested in language >improvement debates; As contributor to both translations and debates, I say that I would not participate in either if the other was absent. >turning off new people who don't generally understand the esoteric >nature of the discussion (and sometimes convincing them that the language >isn't really "done" and hence ready for someone to learn). On the other hand, the number of subscribers to the list keeps growing, so we must be doing something right. mu'o mi'e xorxes _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp