Re: Committed: (was Printed Conlang stuff?)
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 7, 2001, 3:03 |
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On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> On the other hand, I almost yearn towards the moment I can print and
> photocopy some item. Only then I feel that it's really real
This is a very common and natural feeling. After all, print and paper
represent a commitment to stability. The credibility of Lojban went
way up when we were able to show our hardback grammar book, in 1500
copies no less.
BTW, anybody still want a copy, autographed by the author? Only US$38.
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> The same happens to me. With some very small exceptions, everything
> that has ever been published is still canonical.
The Loglan/Lojban community has not been so fortunate: the Loglan of 1960
has only the basic content words in common with today's Loglan, and not
even that with today's Lojban.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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