Varaj
09-06-2007, 09:51 AM
I'm really digging some of the concepts in it.
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=What+Is+Lojban?&bl
Lojban has a class of words called attitudinal indicators, which express how the speaker feels about something.
This alone I think we need to add to English. Emoticons are an attempt to add that but we need some standardized indicators. English has evolved as a spoken language and does not meet the needs of full written language.
http://www.lojban.org/tiki/tiki-index.php?page=What+Is+Lojban?&bl
Lojban has a class of words called attitudinal indicators, which express how the speaker feels about something.
This alone I think we need to add to English. Emoticons are an attempt to add that but we need some standardized indicators. English has evolved as a spoken language and does not meet the needs of full written language.