[ExI] What's the fastest language to speak?

[Adrian Tymes]

2011/10/17 Isabelle Hakala <ismirth at gmail.com>:
> Ok... this doesn't fit with your limitations, but ASL is the fastest
> communication I know of for common ideas. If you are trying to teach someone
> something they have never seen before it is NOT ideal, but for conveying a
> story, etc it is quick, direct, poetic, emotional, and removes all
> unnecessary words:) I have said many times that I feel everyone in the US
> should learn ASL. If it were manditory starting in elementary school there
> would be no reason to exclude the Deaf, everyone could sign  in noisy clubs,
> wouldn't disturb others at the symphony by whispering, and would be able to
> tell an entire story in 1/10th the time. It is incredibly efficient.

The reason things like the scene in http://noneedforbushido.com/2010/comic/412/
have become such a stereotype is because they work.  (In theory - though this
comic and #413 illustrate the most common problem in practice.)