At 4:05 pm -0400 22/5/01, David Peterson wrote:
>In a message dated 5/22/01 11:22:35 AM, ray.brown@FREEUK.COM writes:
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><< 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. >>
>
> You're kidding!!! What do they say for seventy and eighty? I'm never
>using any of those crazy numbers again!
70 = septante /sEta~t/
80 = octante
Still commonly used in Belgium, Switzerland & south east France.
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At 4:36 pm -0400 22/5/01, John Cowan wrote:
>David Peterson wrote:
>
>> You're kidding!!! What do they say for seventy and eighty?
>
>
>"Septante" and "huitante", of course.
Not come across "huitante" before. Where is it used? Canada??
Ray.
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