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

From:Dan Jones <feuchard@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 23:03
daniel andreasson wrote:

> So what to expect in the future? Obviously the decimal > forms are spreading. The question is if "octante/nonante" > or "huitante/neuvante" will win.
C'est une histoire qui a pour lieu, Paris la belle, en l'an de dieu, Mille quatre cent octante et deux... No, I don't think it scans. Vive quatre-vingt! Dan ----------------------------------------------- Ka yokonáu iti báyan: "cas'alyá abhiyo". Ka tso iti mantabayan: "yama zaláyá alánekayam la s'alika, cas'alika; ka yama yavarryekayan arannáam la vácika, labekayam vácika, ka ali cas'alyeko vanotira." ----------------------------------------------- Dan Jones

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