Different languages are spoken at varying speeds but thanks to correlated differences in data-density, the same amount of information is conveyed within a given time period.
via Kottke’s The speed and density of language.
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Different languages are spoken at varying speeds but thanks to correlated differences in data-density, the same amount of information is conveyed within a given time period.
via Kottke’s The speed and density of language.
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– 9/9/2011
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