Interesting Linguistic Discoveries

Density of information conveyed in Dutch appears to be inversely proportional to how much noise is actually generated. For example:

"Hooip het vingle dokk ploob gak ack bit ningle hop dock-dock ack vit mit nickle plooy-ya heps du ka ya dan pla shuvel zoop ach it yep donk mit plaz!"

= "The taxi is coming!"

"Grep geeble gak!"

= "Grab the foolish American author, steal his passport, take his Euros, and dump him in the nearest polder field! Let the sheep be the only witnesses!"

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Published on April 21, 2007 23:10
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