Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey
| From: | Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 19, 2001, 11:14 |
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> Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 18:16:26 +1000
> From: Tristan Alexander McLeay <zsau@...>
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> How is English, given the nature of 'eleven' and 'twelve'? Partially base
> twelve but normally decimal? Or am I misunderstanding the concept?
Eleven comes from *ain-lif, meaning one left (after taking ten).
Twelve is similar. So these are actually base ten as well, just
expressing it a different way.
Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marked)
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