I propose to call this problem the "Problem of the French Scribes". There is a legend explaining why in French words there are many more letters in writing than they are pronounced (sometimes only one sound is pronounced out of 5 letters) - in ancient times, when there were very few literate people, and paper documents were already in circulation, scribes took bribes from clients for each letter. So they cheated quite good amounts for writing simple texts. Smart-ass puffed-up turkeys 😄 This is only speculation of course, but it is quite logical.
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By the way, as far as I remember, when writing The Three Musketeers, Dumas was paid for the number of lines (like some programmers). Therefore, he specifically came up with monosyllabic characters with a bunch of stingy dialogues, for example, Grimaud Athos's servant.
In the end, the writer was told that lines that took up less than half a column would not be paid. Then he even thought about removing Grimaud from the story.
But ten years later, the writer was paid for the number of words - and Grimaud became more talkative. So the French trace is confirmed, and this problem can also be called "Dumas syndrome" 😲
I propose to call this problem the "Problem of the French Scribes". There is a legend explaining why in French words there are many more letters in writing than they are pronounced (sometimes only one sound is pronounced out of 5 letters) - in ancient times, when there were very few literate people, and paper documents were already in circulation, scribes took bribes from clients for each letter. So they cheated quite good amounts for writing simple texts. Smart-ass puffed-up turkeys 😄 This is only speculation of course, but it is quite logical.
By the way, as far as I remember, when writing The Three Musketeers, Dumas was paid for the number of lines (like some programmers). Therefore, he specifically came up with monosyllabic characters with a bunch of stingy dialogues, for example, Grimaud Athos's servant.
In the end, the writer was told that lines that took up less than half a column would not be paid. Then he even thought about removing Grimaud from the story.
But ten years later, the writer was paid for the number of words - and Grimaud became more talkative. So the French trace is confirmed, and this problem can also be called "Dumas syndrome" 😲
This is a curious fact 🧐
This name sounds interesting and mysterious heh 🤖