[PLUG-TALK] A Rare Universal Pattern in Human Languages

[Dick Steffens]

On 9/4/19 10:59 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote:
> John,
>
> Perhaps the the article is syndicate spin on this source
>
> https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/human-speech-may-have-universal-transmission-rate-39-bits-second
>
> It would not surprise me if there would be another bunch of similar 
> sources to create enough cross sourcing to attract search engines and 
> aggregator sites.

Perhaps related to efficiency is this concept:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguish_Languish

The best known example being "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut." Being able to use 
the words of language to convey meaning unrelated to the meaning of the 
words seems efficient to me. :-)

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Regards,

Dick Steffens