{gliban} vs {inglic}

[Ivan A Derzhanski <IAD@BGEARN.BITNET>]

On Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:52:31 GMT Don Wiggins said:
>Sometimes it seems that English usage dominates lojban.
>(.eicai) We must strive to prevent this.  [...]
>
>The use of "gliban." for English is the one area were lojban usage dominates.

Ah, but the very existence of the gismu {glico} (without which the cmene
{gliban} wouldn't exist either) certainly has to do with the dominant-ish
status that English has (along with the rest of the source languages and
some others).  So Lojban dominates indirectly, in a manner of speaking.

--Ivan