On Oct 10, 4:13 pm, Bob LeChevalier <loj...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "angell.ja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <angell.ja...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >Btw, I have noticed that to my Hebriac-anglo ears Lojban sounds
> >similiar to Chinese...is there are reason for that?
>
> Probably because our word formation rules put a heavy weight on the
> Chinese cognates. This led to a lot of sibilants in syllable onset,
> and the letter "n" in non-final syllable ending. The final syllable
> of a word ends in a vowel except in names.
>
> >I still wonder at this point, even after picking Lojban, if maybe
> >there are things from Ido that could be incor****ated into
> >Lojban...probably too late though.
>
> I'm not sure that I've ever heard of any feature of Ido that would be
> appropriate for Lojban. In any event, language inventor JCB was quite
> aware of the international language community when he started the
> language, and apparently chose explicitly to go a different direction.
>
> >And Lojban seems to be the best
> >all around language in existence from my perspective and from what I
> >know.
>
> I can only agree %^)
>
> lojbab
Do you and her converse in Lojban at home? If so has that positively
affected your relation****p? I believe that our culture is absolutely
mired in the belief that men and women are inherently far more
different than they actually are, that is why I am curious about
this...I think that if the prevalent ethos is taken out of the
equation men and women would understand eachother far better.
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