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0 pointsyorwba9y ago0 comments

For comparison, the letters in "continue" have approximately 15 strokes total.

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Or two strokes and a dot in cursive. A principle that also applies in Chinese and Japanese

続く is 14 strokes, so Japanese beats English!

I could go on ... and "go on" is only 6 strokes.

vacri9y ago

You could just use the ellipsis, and use only three strokes. Or even simpler, an em-dash at one stroke. :)

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Or two strokes and a dot in cursive. A principle that also applies in Chinese and Japanese

続く is 14 strokes, so Japanese beats English!

I could go on ... and "go on" is only 6 strokes.

vacri9y ago

You could just use the ellipsis, and use only three strokes. Or even simpler, an em-dash at one stroke. :)

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