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Re:How to Say (Almost) Everything in a Hundred-Word Language... by mcphage on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:28PM (#14200216)
Then why did she use it as an example?
Re:How to Say (Almost) Everything in a Hundred-Word Language... by schoen on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:43PM (#14200271)
I think Sonja thinks that the ambiguity of toki pona is a feature. (Another way to see it is as a challenge, like a puzzle or a form of constrained writing.)
Re:How to Say (Almost) Everything in a Hundred-Word Language... by posterboy on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @05:01AM (#14201539)
Underspecification is an inherent feature of language. Specificity is an (unrealistic) ideal.