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Re: measuring time

From:Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...>
Date:Sunday, June 19, 2005, 11:54
On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 22:37:32 +0200, taliesin the storyteller
<taliesin-conlang@...> wrote:

>They can count to ten by counting between the fingers: > >1: before first finger, "empty hand" >2: between first and second fnger >3: between second and third finger >4: between third and fourth fonger >5: after last finger, "full hand" > >Having five fingers per hand and counting this way you can count to >four or six per hand.
Indeed. I haven't thought of that yet. Thank you. Carsten

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Patrick Littell <puchitao@...>