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>  Anyway, my point is this: why do we need gismu that can easily be
> duplicated by by tanru/lujvo?  It seems counter-productive to the goal
> of an easily learned language.

True, but subjecting the language to constant adjustments is also
counterproductive if your goal is to persuade people to learn it.
And that goal is Lojban Central's.

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