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Slightly related - twitter is much more verbose in Japanese purely due to the fact that 140 chars can pack in a lot more information than in English
by minikomi 15y ago
Slightly related - twitter is much more verbose in Japanese purely due to the fact that 140 chars can pack in a lot more information than in English
- makthrow 15y agoSame with Korean and Chinese.
- asymmetric 15y agodidn't the study state just the contrary: that english is more dense than japanese?
- e2daipi 15y agoThis study was about syllables, not characters vs symbols. Example: Japanese for mouth 口 = 1 "character" English = 5 charachters The syllables are irrelevant, though above they match; twitter care about characters. Also note the: > "Slightly related"