French is probably the only language where you can measure someone’s IQ by how well they know how to write it.
Something like [kɑ̃] can be written "quand", "quant", "qu'en", "camp", or "Caen", [ser] "sert", "serre", "cerf", "sers", etc.
The context can also influence how you write a word: "le chat que j'ai VU" but "la fourmi que j'ai VUE".
Very few alphabetical languages have this level of complexity 😅
English is probably the only language where you can measure someone’s IQ by how well they know how to speak it.
English has ~600,000 words.
Do other languages have more words? Yes.
But English is far better at describing things because it focuses much more on adjectives and adverbs rather than just nouns.
Arabic has 100 words for “Camel”.
English has one.
But English has 10,000 words that can be used to describe the camel’s appearance, temperament, character, physicality, etc.
You get a much clearer picture of what this specific camel looks, sounds, and smells like.
It’s much easier to appreciate a story like Romeo and Juliet when you view it as an evangelization arm of the English language (and culture), rather than just a homework assignment.
This is likely the reason why the British were so dominant.
They were significantly better at organizing and motivating their people *because of* their excellence of communication.
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