The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[Jorge_Stolfi]

But recently someone tried to refute the SPS=SBJ claim by pointing out that the SBJ has more repeated words and phrases than the SPS.  Ahem....

"Ahem" is not a counter-argument.

The "ahem" is merely underscoring the irony of people frst claiming that "the VMS has too many repeated words" but now saying that the SPS has "too few repeated words".

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Yes, I saw those posts, and I am working on the reply. 

Meanwhile, maybe you should check where in the SBJ those long repeated sequences are located, what they say, and why they are repeated.  

And consider what 5% or 10% of token spelling variations would do to them.

Refuting your claims is like shooting fish in a barrel.

Just be sure to not step into the barrel when you do that. 

All the best, --stolfi