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

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 1:47
Raymond Brown wrote:
> But just when you think you've sorted it out, 50 in the older system is > _hanner cant_ (half-hundred) rather than _deg ar ddeugain_.
I've seen "a half a hundred" in English once or twice. -- 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

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