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@ StackSats.IO
2025-05-25 08:20:36
Yeah if I was going to write a technical manual then German might well be my number one choice.
But the original image was about conveying the emotion “good”, and my post was about the totality of the language English. I think it’s that conveyance of meaning, emotions, intangibles, that’s what sets English apart.
Greater depth and granularity of the human condition is available in English than German, notwithstanding words that English doesnt have, it wins by weight of having more words that fill in these gaps in between which is what the graphic is showing.
Most English speakers reading that will either agree with the weighting or be +/- 1 point across the whole list; Germans would have a list half as long and likely be +/- 2 points in more instances.