Re: Dvorak (& Lojban)

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>
> On a different topic:  I am quite concerned by the recent discussion on
> this list about the difference in opinion about what certain phrases
> mean in Lojban.  Although I'm not able to follow the specifics (yet), it
> appears that it is not at all obvious what certain phrases mean,
> particularly when relating to abstractions (but again, I don't have a
> clue what the specific ideas being discussed are).  All I'm
> understanding right now that there are ideas which should be simple to
> express, but are not in fact easy to express in Lojban.  Well I
> currently know English, and (possibly with some difficulty) I can
> express anything I want.  It might be awkward, but I can express it.
> The whole point behind wanting to learn Lojban is that expressions will
> be easier and more logical.  If the language doesn't do this, then it
> has no advantage over English.  What's going on here?
>
Hah! I seem only really to like Lojban because it's weird. I don't think
it has any advantage over English. Everything I can say in English is
harder for me to say in Lojban, and I can say anything I want in English
without significant difficulty. But then again, I'm not looking for a
superlanguage to reform my thought or my expression, and I consider such a
goal to be unrealistically ambitious.

Geoff