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Re: Possible base-20 numeric system

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Sunday, October 24, 2004, 15:58
On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 04:30:03PM +0100, Chris Bates wrote:
> >Dual-base systems are bizarre? Systems using 20x5 are not that uncommon; > >Welsh, Danish, French (for 60 and 80) and Georgian are just a few that do > >such. > > And Basque!
Let's not forget that English has a mixed-base system, too. The non-decimal words are used mostly in specialized contexts these days, but were once ubiquitous: dozen (12), score (20), gross (12x12) . . . -Marcos