Re: English syllable structure (was, for some reason: Re: Llirine: How to creat a language)

If English has too many words, what about Hungarian? The average speaker
of Hungarian has upwards of 100,000 words in his general vocabulary, not
counting specialty jargon (say, linguistics, or railwayman's, or
electrician's etc...)...

----ferko

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all was light." - B.A. Behrend at AIEE Conference, May 18, 1917

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On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Adam Walker wrote:

> >From: Cheng Zhong Su <suchengzhong@...>
> >Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:25:25 +1100
> >                          Law and Function of All
> >Languages
> >                                                  Su
> >Cheng Zhong
> >
> >
> >Abstract
> >      The fatal drawback of English is that by the
> >increasing of the numerous words, no body can learn a
> >certain fraction of them during lifetime. The second
> >problem of English is the thinking speed is not among
> >the fast one of the world. This article is going to
> >solve these issues by introduce the ¡®Language Law¡¯.
> >Once the reform take place, every English speaker¡¯s
> >vocabulary will increase several times without further
> >learning, and the thinking speed will be going up too.
> >
> >
>
> LOLTIDII*
>
> I don't know what it is, but I just read that first paragraph and I still
> can't stop laughing.  Maybe it's just the Johnny-One-Note-ism of it, or
> maybe its the fact that I'm almost through grading the 600-odd exams I have
> to turn in tomorrow, or maybe it's the fact that I've only slept 4.5 hours
> in the last two days and just finished off a liter of Oo Long tea.  Su
> xianxiang you are SO funny!
>
> Adam
>
> *LOL till I disolve into incoherency
>
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