Subject: Re: [lojban] On a number of parts of threads and single threads disguised as several

From: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 15:08:43 -0400

At 09:40 PM 07/20/2001 -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > b) 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).
>
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>I agree.
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>
>The one (1) person in my lojban classes that tried reading the list left
>almost instantly for this reason. I have had about 6 students so far.

Left the list, or your classes, or both?

If they left the list, then it merely means that we don't have a list that 
reaches the entire community. If they gave up on the language, then the 
technicalities are driving people away.

lojbab
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