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From: hinsenk@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA (Hinsen Konrad)
Subject: Re: Esperanto? The EU? (Very, very long)
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In article <DG.95Feb20123703@lambek.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de> dg@lambek.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de (Dale Gerdemann) writes:

   from? If you can't answer these questions, then how do you know that
   I-Esperanto would not be subject to these same processes?

Certainly no-one _knows_ that. But the fact that all its speakers
are aware of its mediator role and know that Esperanto has to remain
uniform to fulfil its role does make an important difference compared
to all other languages of the world.

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