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IIUC, this is close to the english used by the Simple English Wikipedia[0], though it's 1000 words vs 850. See also, "Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Sim
by riffraff 6y ago
IIUC, this is close to the english used by the Simple English Wikipedia[0], though it's 1000 words vs 850.
See also, "Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words"[1] by Randall Munroe (the xkcd author), which explains things using the same set of words.
[0] https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About#Simple_English https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About#Simple_Eng...
[1] https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/ https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/