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Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from ... by mike_hearn on Saturday May 20, 2023 @01:11PM (#36013669)
It's not. It's named that way because the guy at Microsoft who implemented it (Charles Simonyi) was Hungarian.
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Re:Lojban: Constructed language to eliminate ambiguity from ... by yosito on Sunday May 21, 2023 @02:16AM (#36018464)
I'd be willing to bet that his native language played a role in how he thought about naming things.
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