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Re: USAGE: Well, at least he created numbers.....

From:Irina Rempt <irina@...>
Date:Monday, January 21, 2002, 9:56
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 -- Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@valdyas.org (myself) http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas