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John Cowan, On 29/08/2012 21:14:
And Rosta scripsit:The inventors of Lojban didn't know much about linguistics, and nowadays, thanks to the internet, it's very hard to know as little as one generally did in those preinternet days.I don't know if you count me as an inventor or not (I don't), but I certainly affirm that I know a good deal more linguistics now than I did when writing the Red Book, although I think I was fairly careful not to step on what was known to be known. There are a few places, particularly around Aktionsarten, where I was certainly skating on thin ice.
I don't count you as an inventor; I'm sure you know even more about even more now fifteen-to-twenty years further on; and I don't think the Red Book of Woldemar is or appears in the list bit underinformed about language and linguistics. Rather, the ignorance and naivety shows up in the design itself; it's a design from an ignoranter and naiver age, done by clever and ingenious people. --And.