I'm sure you've noticed how Spanish or French versions of things often come out longer. A case in point: my computer speaker has a big round button, which underneath says
PUSH TO MUTE
and also
APPLIYER POUR ACTIVER LA SOURDINE
Hee.
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That's because Spanish and French are Hilbert Systems for English, and thus take N^2 symbols in the worst case for abstraction elimination.
Never talk linguistics with a mathematician...
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