>From: Irina Rempt <irina@...>
>Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 22:53:39 +0100
>
<snip>
>iranisin mochi so sean"forty-hundred and nine" 4009
>hundreds fours and nine
>
>iranisin mochi sean "forty-nine hundred" 4900
>hundreds fours nine
>
> Irina
So it all hangs on catching that little syllable "so". Miss that and you're
off by 891! Oh, languages can be cruel! But Iliani does the same as
Chinese -- without modification the number 9 goes in the next available slot
and is understood as "900".
Adam
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