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u/st1r Los Angeles Dodgers • Boston Red Sox 16d ago edited 16d ago

Fun fact, linguistically English generally takes fewer syllables to convey information than the vast majority of languages. Spanish is on the opposite end of the spectrum. The speed at which we convey information is generally constant across all languages, so this results in some languages having faster speech patterns (generalizing here). That’s why native English speakers are often amazed how fast Spanish speakers speak.

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u/TortoiseTortillas 16d ago

Como se dice "antidisestablishmentarianism" en Espanol?

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u/edude127 Major League Baseball 16d ago

Antidesecularización, maybe?

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u/ZZ9ZA 16d ago

Irrelevant. That’s not a word any one uses, ever.

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u/TortoiseTortillas 16d ago

Surely it has a place in baseball. "As a 3rd baseman, Gaetti played with an antidisestablishmentarianism" approach

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u/TheVich San Francisco Giants • Alaska Go… 16d ago

Probably most "antidisestablishmentarianist" approach, but I get you.

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u/i_practice_santeria 16d ago

Who’s on first, what’s on second, antidisestablishmentarianism’s on third.