On Oct 27, 2007, at 8:43 AM, Jared Angell wrote:
Forgive me if before I learn a language I want to test the waters
to make sure that it is speakable.
On 10/26/07, Penguino < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Seriously Jared, could you please lose some of that attitude? You
have barely learned the language, and yet you come in barging with
all these opinions about it, lunging at those who are trying to
help you just because they couldn't come up with a word for
"geodesic dome" within 24 hours. I bet similar problems also exist
for languages that don't freely use borrowings, e.g. Chinese; only
that Chinese has a lot more characters than Lojban has gismu. At
least there exist systems in Lojban where borrowings can be used if
you need a word now.
doi dajred
I don't think anyone has issues with you wanting to learn a bit about
Lojban before you spend time learning it.
However, I do find your tone itself a bit inappropriate. As a very
early beginner, you know very little about the language. I myself
know not so much about the language. So it only makes sense that we
ask our questions *nicely* to show respect for those who know the
answer. Making bold pronouncements about how the language ought to
have been is rather out of line until you understand how it *is*.
Lojban really hasn't changed much since the early days it was created
anyhow, so change isn't terribly likely. If you decide you like
Lojban, decide to like it as it is. If you want to see it grow, learn
it. Teach it. Get pretty good, and volunteer to help with byfy work
on the baseline. Once all of that gets done, and a dictionary gets
published, then people might consider changes. But as far as I
remember, the language has been frozen until then.
Tthat said, I hope you stick around and keep learning Lojban.
mu'o mi'e .aleks.
