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language arrogance and brevity
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James <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Mon, 16 Apr 2001 10:28:38 -0600
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I just ran into an interesting factoid:  One reason that English might be
favored as a common language is that things can be expressed with typically
30 percent fewer ASCII characters as compared to other major
languages.  Brevity!

JB

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