Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from ...
by bmacho on Saturday May 20, 2023 @07:05AM
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A more common example is the meme about women and men colors. Women have magenta and salmon, while men call both pink. This has not much to do with linguistics or eliminating ambiguity.
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Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from ...
by bmacho on Sunday May 21, 2023 @06:17AM
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edit: this was a strawmanning, colors are a non-issue. But there can be situations where there are 2 objects, you say a word to refer one of the objects, and your partner thinks about the other object, and neither of you think that it was ambiguous, so you don't clarify until it's too late. Like there is a dead bear and a bear cub, you say 'bring the bear' and you mean the cub, and they mean the dead bear.