kodama's avatar
Fascinating. It's about so much more than language, it seems. After all, you could say that each person speaks precisely their own language.

Out of curiosity, are the italicized phrases numbers you have researched or just the common hyperboles you hear about various languages? Either way it is a highly effective tool to take relatively poetic prose and make it more concrete. It's a clever blend of both. Well played.
Kaz-D's avatar
Yes indeed you could!

They're things I've heard - and I googled them to see if I could find any facts but..it's the same thing really, things people have heard :D So i'm not sure how accurate they are, hence the 'They say...' part. :) Thanks so much for the feedback!