On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:12 AM, A. PIEKARSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can anybody help unravel the confusion surrounding "What is Lojban" > We appear to have two different texts under this name. The first is > a course authored by Bob Le Chevalier which can be found at > http://www.lojban.org/no/publications/draft-textbook/lesson01. > This does not seem to be finished, but is superb nonetheless. > There are in-depth explantions for just about everything, but written in > a way that anybody can understand. The excercises are great too! > Question: Why wasn't it completed and why is there no reference to > it in the Lojban for Beginners section of the Lojban website: > http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Lojban+For+Beginners&bl ? > The "What is Lojban" referred to on the above web page is something quite > different. This is an introductory booklet written by Nick Nicolas and > James Cowan, > certainly not a course. > Question: Why was it given the same title? In brief, that first link is to a text called *not* "What is Lojban?", but rather to the "[Old] Draft Textbook". http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=Old+Draft+Textbook&highlight=draft%20textbook "What is Lojban?" looks like the title of the opening section. mu'o mi'e komfn
