Re: Ebisedian number system (I)

On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 05:20:08PM +0100, Matthew Butt wrote:
> do i take it this is a much more sophisticates version of the english
> use of words like pair, dozen, score &c ?
Heh, I didn't think of that. :-) That is pretty close to what I have in
mind, yeah.

> so 'four score', meaning 'around 80, give or take a few' would be
> translated 'jekrekee'i' ( excuse my spelling ) meaning 'around 81, give
> or take a few'
[snip]

Yes, that is the usage I have in mind. Once you go up the scale of
"triads", the exact number becomes more vague. A bit like how we write
1,000,000 for any number close enough to a million (close enough as in,
the differences are insignificant compared with the magnitude of the
number). I suppose you could think of this as simplified, base-3
scientific notation: X * 3^Y. As Y increases, X becomes a less precise
number.


T

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