This study was about syllables, not characters vs symbols. Example: Japanese for mouth 口 = 1 "character" English = 5 charachters The syllables are irrelevant

This study was about syllables, not characters vs symbols. Example: Japanese for mouth 口 = 1 "character" English = 5 charachters The syllables are irrelevant, though above they match; twitter care about characters. Also note the: > "Slightly related"