The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1531arrow-down114
arrow-up1517arrow-down1imageIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square107fedilink
minus-squarekmaismith@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·20 days agoI think this moreso demonstrates how tedious written french is. “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” is significantly faster to say than “what’s that?” I’d wager if the chart was on information density per written letter or word french would be way further behind
minus-squaretestuserpleaseupvote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 days agoRight, the spoken french could be written more or less as Kès-ke-cè.
minus-squarethrawn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoYeah, I could also see there being variability between dialects and how much they respectively pronounce in a word. “What’s that?” could easily become “waz-at?” which is much quicker to say.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoI’d say it’s more equal in time used, but otherwise spot on 😁
I think this moreso demonstrates how tedious written french is. “Qu’est-ce que c’est?” is significantly faster to say than “what’s that?”
I’d wager if the chart was on information density per written letter or word french would be way further behind
Right, the spoken french could be written more or less as Kès-ke-cè.
Yeah, I could also see there being variability between dialects and how much they respectively pronounce in a word. “What’s that?” could easily become “waz-at?” which is much quicker to say.
I’d say it’s more equal in time used, but otherwise spot on 😁