Re: Types of numerals

Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> On 1/4/06, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> >
> > Ph. D. and Ray also corrected me about my fourteen
> > pence. My bad! I got confused between twelve pence
> > to a shilling and twenty shillings to a pound!
>
> See?  This is why decimal divisons, like the US has had
> since the inception of our currency, make so much more
> sense.  You backwards furriners ... ;-)

Like the metric system, which almost all furriners use, but
most USAns refuse to use?  :-)

--Ph. D.