[net.nlang] letters :: syllables :: words ....ratio high or low

grw@fortune.UUCP (Glenn Wichman) (05/29/84)

[strengths stretched straight...]

	How about syllables :: words ratios in sentences? (counting
    contractions as two words, e.g. "don't" would have a ratio of 2.)
    French seems to have no problem fitting six words into three
    syllables.

						-Glenn