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Good chance it's actually just 6 to 7 syllables long. So, not just writing but compact speech too.

by newen 7y ago

kremonte 7y ago
Important to note, however, that spoken language information density (per syllable) and syllabic rate are strongly inversely correlated [1]; languages such as Mandarin with lots of information contained in each syllable tend to be spoken slower than languages like Spanish, which uses many more syllables to convey the same amount of information, but in a similar amount of time. So, the compactness really is more just on the writing side. [1] "A cross-language perspective on speech information rate" https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/16e6/43a9e39674c58acd7cdf56c0ff4478492f63.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/16e6/43a9e39674c58acd7cdf56...
yorwba 7y ago
It's #女主播直播出bug秒变大妈脸# [1]. 12 syllables. I can get an English translation down to the same syllable count: #StreamingBugTurnsVloggerGirlIntoOldWoman It obviously still takes up more horizontal space; to fix that you'd need to use a font that squeezes about 3 Latin letters into the same space as one Chinese character. However, the gap in information density isn't actually that large, because Chinese usually requires slightly larger fonts to achieve the same legibility. It's maybe also interesting to note that hashtags are delimited by # on both ends, because there are no spaces between words you could use to find the end. [1] https://m.weibo.cn/search?containerid=231522type%3D1%26t%3D10%26q%3D%23%E5%A5%B3%E4%B8%BB%E6%92%AD%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD%E5%87%BAbug%E7%A7%92%E5%8F%98%E5%A4%A7%E5%A6%88%E8%84%B8%23 https://m.weibo.cn/search?containerid=231522type%3D1%26t%3D1...
- newen 7y ago
  Interesting. I never would have thought a hashtag that long would gain so much popularity but there you go. It must take a long time to type too.
- comex 7y ago
  Hmm... You could save another syllable by changing StreamingBug to StreamGlitch, which is also more idiomatic. Same number of characters though.
- darkerside 7y ago
  #OopsVlogetteShowsHagFace
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
  Do you have any idea whether this is an atypical length for a trending hashtag in chinese?

Good chance it's actually just 6 to 7 syllables long. So, not just writing but compact speech too.

by newen 7y ago

Good chance it's actually just 6 to 7 syllables long. So, not just writing but compact speech too.

Important to note, however, that spoken language information density (per syllable) and syllabic rate are strongly inversely correlated [1]; languages such as Mandarin with lots of information contained in each syllable tend to be spoken slower than languages like Spanish, which uses many more syllables to convey the same amount of information, but in a similar amount of time. So, the compactness really is more just on the writing side. [1] "A cross-language perspective on speech information rate" https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/16e6/43a9e39674c58acd7cdf56c0ff4478492f63.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/16e6/43a9e39674c58acd7cdf56...

yorwba 7y ago

It's #女主播直播出bug秒变大妈脸# [1]. 12 syllables. I can get an English translation down to the same syllable count: #StreamingBugTurnsVloggerGirlIntoOldWoman It obviously still takes up more horizontal space; to fix that you'd need to use a font that squeezes about 3 Latin letters into the same space as one Chinese character. However, the gap in information density isn't actually that large, because Chinese usually requires slightly larger fonts to achieve the same legibility. It's maybe also interesting to note that hashtags are delimited by # on both ends, because there are no spaces between words you could use to find the end. [1] https://m.weibo.cn/search?containerid=231522type%3D1%26t%3D10%26q%3D%23%E5%A5%B3%E4%B8%BB%E6%92%AD%E7%9B%B4%E6%92%AD%E5%87%BAbug%E7%A7%92%E5%8F%98%E5%A4%A7%E5%A6%88%E8%84%B8%23 https://m.weibo.cn/search?containerid=231522type%3D1%26t%3D1...

newen 7y ago
Interesting. I never would have thought a hashtag that long would gain so much popularity but there you go. It must take a long time to type too.
comex 7y ago
Hmm... You could save another syllable by changing StreamingBug to StreamGlitch, which is also more idiomatic. Same number of characters though.
darkerside 7y ago
#OopsVlogetteShowsHagFace
6gvONxR4sf7o 7y ago
Do you have any idea whether this is an atypical length for a trending hashtag in chinese?