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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|Lojban}} is a constructed language designed to be logical, unambiguous, and culturally neutral — similar to the better known artificial language {{w|Esperanto}}. The authors originally designed it as an experiment, but a few people have picked it up and tried to learn it. However, anyone actually willing to learn Lojban is someone [[Black Hat]] would rather avoid. Alternately, only people who speak Lojban, who | + | {{w|Lojban}} is a constructed language designed to be logical, unambiguous, and culturally neutral — similar to the better known artificial language {{w|Esperanto}}. The authors originally designed it as an experiment, but a few people have picked it up and tried to learn it. However, anyone actually willing to learn Lojban is someone [[Black Hat]] would rather avoid. Alternately, only people who speak Lojban, who comprise an admittedly tiny proportion of the general population, could benefit from the logic of the language, making the benefits of Lojban mostly pointless to most people. |
− | Clicking on the original comic brings you to [ | + | Clicking on the original comic brings you to [[:File:lojban translated.png|a Lojban translation of the comic]]. |
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− | The title text is also written in Lojban. It translates roughly as: "That was a joke. Really. Wanna be friends with me?" | + | The title text is also written in Lojban. It translates roughly as: "That was a joke. Really. Wanna be friends with me?" |
− | A more literal translation gives: " | + | A more literal translation gives: "humorously that is false. Please question you friend me?" |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: If you learned to speak Lojban, your communication would be completely unambiguous and logical. | :Cueball: If you learned to speak Lojban, your communication would be completely unambiguous and logical. | ||
:Black Hat: Yeah, but it would all be with the kind of people who learn Lojban. | :Black Hat: Yeah, but it would all be with the kind of people who learn Lojban. | ||
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:Cueball: da'i ganai do crebi'o la lojban gi le se cusku be do cu mulno pavysmu je logji | :Cueball: da'i ganai do crebi'o la lojban gi le se cusku be do cu mulno pavysmu je logji | ||
:Black Hat: .i .ie ku'i cusku fi le prenu klesi poi certu la lojban | :Black Hat: .i .ie ku'i cusku fi le prenu klesi poi certu la lojban |