“Spanish is the most INEFFICIENT language on Earth. There is a reason Hispanics talk so fast. It takes them 3 times longer to say something in Spanish as we do in English. Probably 2 to 3 syllables in Spanish for every one syllable in English.”
You can put German in there, too.
German has fewer words, but the words can be as long as sentences.
Hey...German is at least quite descriptive...:)
1. Turn signals Winkenblinken
2. Windshield wipers Drizzleflippen
3. Ashtray Schmokendunken
4. Horn Ferroadhags
5. Trunk Bundledumpen
6. Spare tire Rollinknue
7. Glove compartment Ferheidenschitt
8. Rearview mirror Schpottinbaach
9. Fender Dentenruen
10. Chrome trim Doughferflashen
11. Engine compartment Rhorensump
12. Exhaust pipe Schtinkenhose
13. Window Glazzenhol
14. Speedometer Zeumklok
15. Gas gauge Neuzafuel
16. Radio Hollernbachs
17. Antenna Grabbentunz
“Spanish is the most INEFFICIENT language on Earth.”
Speakers of the Norteno dialect on either side of the border with Texas don’t talk as rapidfire as folks further into Mexico do-we speak more slowly and have the same drawl in Spanish that we have in English. As to who speaks Spanish the fastest-I think Puerto Ricans and Cubans share that honor-they go on and on at lightspeed-you barely catch every 3d or 4th word-some Colombians talk really fast-then slam on the brakes to drag out a long vowel sound...
I’ve only heard “real” French from France spoken in “art”/film noir flicks, but my inefficient language vote goes to the French dialects spoken in Canada or parts of the US where there is a large ethnic French population-whether listening to MrT5 and his family chatter away in Quebecois, or him using the Cajun dialect with cousins in Louisiana, it still took 10 minutes of conversation and gestures to decide to go to a certain restaurant or grocery store...