Re: Possible base-20 numeric system
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 24, 2004, 15:58 |
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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.
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> 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