Re: Types of numerals

Henrik Theiling wrote:

> Hi!
Hi!

> I formulated the previous sentence so carefully since in some
> cities (most?) one side of the road has even numbers while the other
> one has odd numbers, so the increment on a certain side is two. But
> in other cities, the streets are numbered contiguously on each side,
> starting at one end of the road enumberating to the other end, and
> then turning around and enumerating the other side in the opposite
> direction.
In Nijmegen, where I live, several districts use street numbers, but
not in a rectangular grid or anything, and often even a bit scattered.
A two-digit house number is appended to the two-digit street number,
e.g. 25-18.

The system has the advantage that you can simply follow the signs
on the lampposts to find most of the streets, but there are some
of them that still read e.g. "20-00 t/m 29-99", not taking into
account that 25-xx have been built some years later in a different
part of the district.

http://www.ewoudnet.nl/ruittenb/dukenburg.gif

> So there's the address 'Koblenzer Straße 6 3/4'.
>
> :-) Very funny.  I took pictures, this is not fiction.  Fractional
> numbers are quite common in Marburg.  Dunno about other cities.
Very funny indeed :D

René