The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Data is Beautiful@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoIt's fascinating that while languages vary wildly by speaking speed, information transfer is fairly similar.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoYeah like “qu’est-ce que c’est ?” Which is just “what’s that?” (I speak both too) would never have guessed French had more information encoded, french translations are always longer too (but you don’t always pronounce all ofc).
minus-squarekmaismith@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 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-up0·2 days agoRight, the spoken french could be written more or less as Kès-ke-cè.
Yeah like “qu’est-ce que c’est ?” Which is just “what’s that?” (I speak both too) would never have guessed French had more information encoded, french translations are always longer too (but you don’t always pronounce all ofc).
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.