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Re: [Fwd: dozenal and hexadecimal digits]

From:Kristian Jensen <kljensen@...>
Date:Saturday, May 13, 2000, 19:09
John Cowan wrote:

>Raymond Brown scripsit: > >> I never coined words for 12^3 (a dozen gross), but Wells' "dozand" _looks_ >> attractive; however, would it _sound_ different enough from 'dozen"? > >I was thinking that "douzand" would be better.
What about stress differences? E.g., DOzen vs. doZAND. Wouldn't that make them sound different enough? What did Wells say about stress anyways? -kristian- 8)