Re: Types of numerals
| From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 4, 2006, 14:26 |
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Hi!
Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> writes:
>...
> Sure, the "dozen", which is a unit of twelve. English also
> has the "score", which also means 20 items. In German, a
> "Zentner" is a weight of 50 kg, but you only use that word
> with weights of sacks of concrete powder, potatoes, sand and
> the like usually. "Zentner" is certainly derived from Lat.
> 'centum' = 100, but its value is 50 [fifty].
Well, of course, 1 Zentner = 100 Pfund. So there you are.
**Henrik
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