Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey

> Christophe Grandsire scripsit:
>
> > I meant: to represent in writing. Celtic languages do fine with
> Arabic numbers,
> > based on base 10, while their numbers are on base 20.
>
> For that matter, Germanic languages have no trouble writing "23"
> and saying
> "three-and-twenty" (though English has gotten out of the habit
> over the last
> few centuries).
15 -> fifteen
16 -> sixteen

etc.

Old habits die hard...

Maarten van Beek