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Re: Numbers ancient & modern (was: Unilang report)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, May 24, 2001, 5:06
Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> That doesn't strike me as striking. I'd often say 'half a hundred' for 50, > 'half a thousand' for 500, 'half a million' for 500,000, etc.
I say "Half a million", "A quarter-million", etc., but below million, fractions sound odd. "Half a thousand", "Half a hundred"? Those just sound bizarre. -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42