[Fwd: dozenal and hexadecimal digits]

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Antoine Leca wrote:

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> By the way, I took advantage that in French numbers up to 16 have a special
> name to design a system to "read" hexadecimal numbers (instead of spelling
> when a digit from ten to fifteen appears):
>
> 0       zéro
> 1       un
> 2       deux
> 3       trois
> 4       quatre
> 5       cinq
> 6       six
> 7       sept
> 8       huit
> 9       neuf
> A       dix
> B       onze
> C       douze
> D       treize
> E       quatorze
> F       quinze
> 10      seize
> 11      seize-et-un (that is the most difficult to remember)
> 12      seize-deux
> 1B      seize-et-onze
> 1F      seize-quinze
> 20      vingt
> 2A      vingt-dix
> 30      trente
> 6A      soixante-dix
> 70      septante (better than soixante-seize!)
> 80      quatre-vingt ou octante ou huitante
> 90      nonante
> A0      dixante
> B0      onzante
> C0      douzante
> D0      treizante
> E0      quatorzante
> F0      quinzante
> 100     cent
> 101     cent-un
> 110     cent-seize
> 1000    mille
> 10000   seize mille
>
> But I never find myself to use it: habits are too much engraved,
> and 71 is definitively "soixante-et-onze", and 18 is "dix-huit"
> instead of "seize-huit" to me.
A predicament with which we language-makers are intimately familiar,
alas!

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