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20080604 Wednesday June 04, 2008
A more expressive language?

Bi-lingual readers, did you notice my Chinese posts are always shorter? Hmm...


posted by syw Jun 04 2008, 12:51:48 PM CST Permalink Comments [2]

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Probably. But the script sucks. (anything that takes its native speakers 4 years to master).

Posted by Pierre Cardin on June 04, 2008 at 03:48 PM CST #

I propose that the more words available to you in your vocabulary, the shorter the post will be. According to this theory, people will usually write shorter in their native language. I myself, am evidence to the contrary. I can't write in Hebrew...

Posted by Amiram on June 04, 2008 at 08:21 PM CST #

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