• @[email protected]
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    52 months ago

    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

    • @testuserpleaseupvote
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      32 months ago

      Right, the spoken french could be written more or less as Kès-ke-cè.

      • thrawn
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        11 month ago

        Yeah, I could also see there being variability between dialects and how much they respectively pronounce in a word. “What’s that?” could easily become “waz-at?” which is much quicker to say.

    • @Valmond
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      12 months ago

      I’d say it’s more equal in time used, but otherwise spot on 😁