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TECH(?): can everyone write impeccably grammatical Lojban?
> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 15:21:50 +0100
> From: And Rosta <ucleaar@UCL>
>
> Mark:
> > {zoi .gy. The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs .gy.} is
> > grammatical Lojban, but then "He said, 'Ani holech l'beit ha-sefer.'" is
> > grammatical English, and equally unhelpful in getting accross the
> > import of what's quoted.
>
> But "He said 'What you name is'" would all get processed by the English
> speaking hearer, even tho the quote needn't be grammatical or English.
>
> My point is that although computers might most likely skip zoi stuff,
> I think people wouldn't.
Ahh. That is, there is such a thing as ungrammatical_but_meaningful
English, but not ungrammatical_but_meaningful Lojban?
That may be a point.
> And. Atsor
.iVAN. .iksnajred.