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To try to convince people that Japanese SF novels tend to be shorter than Anglospheric SF novels because Japanese has fewer words than English? And a lot of Japanese consists of words borrowed from other languages.

Date: 2010-11-21 05:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jhetley.livejournal.com
Because one "Nicoll Effect" is poking things with a stick . . .

Date: 2010-11-21 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/krin_o_o_/
The grammar nasti in me has requested that I ask "don't you mean 'Nicoll Affect?'"
Edited Date: 2010-11-21 07:03 pm (UTC)

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