On Monday 21 January 2002 03:30, Adam Walker wrote:
> From: Irina Rempt <irina@...>
> >iranisin mochi so sean"forty-hundred and nine" 4009
> >hundreds fours and nine
> >
> >iranisin mochi sean "forty-nine hundred" 4900
> >hundreds fours nine
> 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".
It has the same *effect* as Chinese; it doesn't *do* the same as
Chinese, because it's not that the number 9 goes in the next
available slot, but that it's understood as part of _mochi sean_
"forty-nine" if there's no _so_ to separate it.
Irina
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