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But how do you REALLY feel, Jennifer?
All in all, that's not very good anecdote. That one time you thought about saying fuck you in public to a widely despised, confrontational blowhard? It's a nice thought, but it didn't happen, it wasn't a very creative attack, and it wouldn't have been effective - not exactly the stuff of algonquin round table bon mots.
How are different languages constructed?
Agreed. I'd love it if he compared the same sentences in Chinese, Turkish, and Algonquin, or even just gave a couple examples of polysynthetic phrases. Wikipedia has some great examples here though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysynthetic_language e.g.
From Classical Ainu of Japan, polysynthetic, incorporating, and agglutinating language.
Usaopuspe aeyaykotuymasiramsuypa.
usa-opuspe a-e-yay-ko-tuyma-si-ram-suy-pa
various-rumors 1SG-APL-REFL-APL-far-REFL-heart-sway-ITER
'I wonder about various rumors.' (lit. 'I keep swaying my heart afar and toward myself over various rumors'.)
Comedy Central now working? (Sift Talk Post)
Canada has been hated since the dawn of time. The Iroquois hated the Algonquin of Canada, the French hated the Canadian settlers, the British hated the Canadians, and the U.S has always hated Canada.