Re: Numbers ancient & modern (was: Unilang report)
| From: | daniel andreasson <daniel.andreasson@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 1:02 |
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Ray Brown a écrit:
> This is not universal in the francophone world where
> _nonante six_ occurs in many dialects; it was originally
> a peculiarity of "Francien" and is considered by some to
> be due to substrate Gallic influence.
Ah oui? Mes cousins de Genève, ils disent _neuvante_ au lieu
de _quatre-vingt dix_, et pas _nonante_. Ou peut-être, ils
c'épelent _neufante_.
Quoique, ils disent _septante_ et _huitante_ comme John
Cowan déjà a dit.
||| daniel, feeling out on a limb with the French. Can you
really use "quoique" that way? Or am I influenced by
English?
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