The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less

Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by darxius on Friday May 17, 2013 @12:11PM (#5725207)

I found that four letters added some ambiguity and some uneeded complexity. Maybe 5 or even 6 letters?

Still, this is a great intro to relativity and it was a fun read. Also a cool literary feat.

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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by dnautics on Friday May 17, 2013 @12:21PM (#5725272)

I find the fuzzing of proper names gets annoying, and it would be better if the rule were relaxed for proper names.

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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by alexdowad on Saturday May 18, 2013 @01:43PM (#5729679)

Personally, I found the abbreviated names made the piece even more hilariously irreverent than it already was. "Izzy" for Isaac Newton? Makes him sound like an 1980's heavy metal star or something.

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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by shardling on Friday May 17, 2013 @12:35PM (#5725350)

Also, a quick google serach indicates that "Ike" is a more common nickname than "Izzy". (And that if Newton had any nicknames in his time, none seem to have survived.)

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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by buo on Friday May 17, 2013 @12:20PM (#5725265)

About the cool literary feat: I'm wondering if there are languages other than English in which it'd be possible to write something like this. I speak Spanish and French and I'm sure it's impossible in both -- they just don't have enough short words.

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Re:The theory of relativity in words of four letters or less by hkmurakami on Friday May 17, 2013 @12:26PM (#5725298)

Probably Chinese and Japanese since Chinese characters have such high information density, but non-Western languages might defeat the purpose of the experiment.

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