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

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 1:58
Nik Taylor scripsit:

> I've seen "a half a hundred" in English once or twice.
In Larry Niven's sf novel _Ringworld_, the quite striking phrase "half a thousand years" is found. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore --Douglas Hofstadter

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