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Precision is totally compatible with deliberate ambiguity and playfulness. As examples: Esperanto tries very hard to be precise, but there are playful neologis
by JCzynski 10y ago
Precision is totally compatible with deliberate ambiguity and playfulness.
As examples: Esperanto tries very hard to be precise, but there are playful neologisms, like "gedormi", which conjugates "dormi", "to sleep", in the mixed-gender plural, to form "to sleep with (heterosexually)", with the same innuendo as in English.
In Lojban, there is an abundance of poetry in which pieces of the phrases are intentionally and visibly omitted, which allows for flexible interpretation of created ambiguity.