Re: ConNumbers

>Bases 2, 4, 5, 20, and 60 have been used, so 6 is not preposterous.
>Fragments of base 60 appear in our measurements (60 seconds
>per minute, 60 minutes per hour, 6 * 60 degrees in a circle),
>and some languages have bits of base 20 left (French *quatre-vingt*
>'80', Welsh more systematically).

You forgot English, which has remnants of both base 20 and base 12 in the
names of the numbers. 20 is shown in the teens, and base 12 in eleven and
twelve, which are otherwise irregular, except in teh terms dozen and gross.
Oh, and base 20 makes it again in 'score'.

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Fabian
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