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jennie
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Welcome to the Language Conference!
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Sep 3 23:17 UTC 1991 |
Welcome to the Language Conference!
One thing you may notice about this conference is that it is NOT called the
"Foreign Languages Conference" or "Languages Conference". This is primarily
because most people on Grex do not speak more than one language, and to have
such a conference would exclude most of the people here. This, of course,
would be counterproductive!
But never fear! You have not just joined the "Languages" Conference, but
rather the "Language" Conference. Whether you love it, like me, or hate it,
language is something that affects everyone, all the time, whether or not
you ever had Spanish in high school. Without the use of language, there could
be no bbsing, for one thing, and none of us would be here.
This conference will contain one item for the speaking of every foreign
language spoken by Grex users. Other items will be typed in English,
discussing issues in language that affect (and hopefully also interest)
everyone. Don't be afraid to enter an item because you fear it's inappropriate
to this conference. It probably isn't!
So let's use those language skills and talk to each other!
Griz
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polygon
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response 1 of 111:
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Sep 4 02:40 UTC 1991 |
"Whether you love it, like me, or hate it, language is something ..."
I think most of us love language *AND* like you. :-)
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jennie
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response 2 of 111:
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Sep 4 06:18 UTC 1991 |
Haha. :-)
Griz
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jes
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response 3 of 111:
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Sep 4 13:09 UTC 1991 |
Good start, Larry!
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hexagon
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response 4 of 111:
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Sep 4 16:19 UTC 1991 |
What if I don't like, Jennie? :)
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jennie
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response 5 of 111:
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Sep 4 17:30 UTC 1991 |
Well, you'll just have to be tarred and feathered.
Griz
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reach
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response 6 of 111:
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Oct 8 01:19 UTC 1991 |
What if I don't KNOW Jennie? Do I get the tar and feathers, too?
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craig
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response 7 of 111:
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Jan 18 20:48 UTC 1992 |
Likhi IJO okjoijopij!!
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reach
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response 8 of 111:
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Feb 23 14:15 UTC 1992 |
Mister Craig, it has been a while.
(does that make him sound a bit like a hairdresser?)
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craig
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response 9 of 111:
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Feb 23 14:31 UTC 1992 |
Leth see.... spruth it up a bit here with mooth....
Ooops, that isnt politically correct........
Hi Ruth. You arent on fire are you?
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reach
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response 10 of 111:
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Mar 13 05:47 UTC 1992 |
Not that I'm aware of.
(unless, of course, my slacks have begun smoldering again...I'd thought they'd
be safe out on the telephone wire...)
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tsty
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response 11 of 111:
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Jun 1 20:33 UTC 1992 |
This could get as interesting as ENGL:FORUM was. Worked wonders for
those who joined - but the English Dept didn't think it attracted
the "right" people. So after a semester of a whole lotof fun by
us "wrong" sorts, the dept dropped support - and thus the conference.
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reach
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response 12 of 111:
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Jun 19 14:02 UTC 1992 |
"Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be a bunch
of bastards."
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minx
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response 13 of 111:
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Aug 3 11:31 UTC 1993 |
Words are overrated as a communication device. Too often, they fail as a means
to get across an idea.
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danr
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response 14 of 111:
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Aug 4 02:41 UTC 1993 |
Do the words fail, or do we fail to use the words?
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redwood
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response 15 of 111:
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Aug 4 04:19 UTC 1993 |
Music is the best communications device.
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tsty
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response 16 of 111:
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Aug 7 07:16 UTC 1993 |
Words are under-taught as a communications device. The wrong words
used create the problem.
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nitewind
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response 17 of 111:
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Aug 12 02:15 UTC 1993 |
I find that there are some concepts that just defy language. One has to rely
on the experience of others in order to get across the meaning behind what you
say, no matter how many different ways you can think of to phrase it.
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young
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response 18 of 111:
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Oct 17 18:15 UTC 1993 |
Darmok and Jelad at Tinagre!
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anne
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response 19 of 111:
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Feb 17 00:21 UTC 1994 |
pass
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other
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response 20 of 111:
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Mar 11 05:36 UTC 1994 |
I must argue TS's point. It is not simply the misuse of words which causes the
problem, although the choice of the right words in a given situation can make a
world of difference. A great portion of the problems come from parties
refusing to listen to what other parties are actually *saying*, and to actually
consider the meaning of what others say before refuting their points. One of
the great advantages of a forum such as this, is that by the process of
reading, we are required to more fully register the ideas and thoughts of
others before we can effectively respond to them, although I have found that
some people do respond to part of what they have read, apparently without
reading enough to realize that by doing so, they are responding
inappropriately...
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kami
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response 21 of 111:
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Mar 11 19:33 UTC 1994 |
short attention span.
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mentifex
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response 22 of 111:
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Jun 17 06:43 UTC 1994 |
Is this the proper place to broach the following AI design?
Mind.rexx is available from ftp.wustl.edu in directory pub/aminet/util/rexx.
/^^^^^^^^^^^^\ Mind.rexx Artificial Intelligence /^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\
/ Visual \ ______ / Auditory \
| Memory Channel | / \ ultimate-tag | Memory Channel |
| | / syntax \<---------------|---------------\ |
| | \ node / ______ | | |
| | \______/------>/ \ | | |
| round-about| connection | /function\ | | |
| /-----------|-------------\ |flush \ cable / | | |
| | | | |vector \______/ | ______ | |
| | | _V__V_ | | / \ | |
| _|___ | / \ recall-vector| | / stored \ | |
| / \ re-af|firmation /logico- \-------------|----|-->\ stem / | |
| /percept\<-----|-------->/conceptual\ (onset-tag)| | \______/ | |
| \ / line | \ cable / | | | | |
| \_____/ | \________/ ______V_ | ultimate|-tag | |
| | / \<-|---------' | |
| | /inflection\ | ________ | |
| | \ cable /-|--->/ \ | |
| | \________/ | / stored \| |
| | | \inflection/ |
| | | \________/ |
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kami
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response 23 of 111:
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Jun 19 18:20 UTC 1994 |
excuse me, I think I'm confused. Or maybe not. Maybe I'm too confused to tell
whether I'm confused or not. Was that a bee hive? Or a visual discourse on
the nature of artificial language?
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rcurl
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response 24 of 111:
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Jun 20 05:59 UTC 1994 |
I thought it was a gerbil cage. Arthur, if there is something to be
said about AI and language, I'd like to learn more. How about
a new Item, if there is enough content?
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