Re: [engelang] Xorban: co'e, co'o & co'u

From: "John E. Clifford" <kali9putra@hidden.email>

Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:08:28 -0500

Subject: Re: [engelang] Xorban: co'e, co'o & co'u

To: "engelang@yahoogroups.com" <engelang@yahoogroups.com>

As noted, the problems are habit and distraction. The forms put forth are distracting because they unclear and shifting and of misleading appearance (connectives look like quantifiers look like predicate makers). And once we get familiar with these, we may well be stuck with them because we know them and it is a pain to get to know a whole nother bunch.

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On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:32 PM, "Mike S." <maikxlx@gmail.com> wrote:

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 10:02 PM, John E Clifford <kali9putra@hidden.email> wrote:

We have nearly eighty years of prototypes in the form of Loglans and Lojbans. If we have not gotten enough data from that to get a rather long way down the road -- at least to the point where we can build a reasonably substantial armature on which to hang a bunch of words, then this project is either premature or in the wrong hands. I don't see any reason to think either of these is the case.

Apparently I find myself in the midst of theoretical scientists and philosophers, because I can't imagine engineers or experimental researchers worrying about harm or shame in building a prototype and hammering on it a bit. I think that we are using the data from the LoCCan1&2, but the simple fact of the matter is that Xorban is based on such a radically different design that we are effectively sailing in uncharted waters.

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co ma'a mke

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