I love being concise
- the efficiency warms my heart. Russian, with its single verb question, and matching single verb
response gives me a visceral pleasure. Two Russians, Sergey and Slava, wanting to grab lunch could have the following exchange:
Sergey: Eat?
Slava: Eat!
My love of
conciseness often has me sending short
emails. Frequently, my mails are so
concise that my reader has no idea what I'm talking about. This confusion means I need to send another mail explaining the
meaning of my initial concise mail.
To conclude the lengthy explanation of my concise mail, I hear the words of my wise
friend - a message isn't concise if the
reader can't understand it.
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