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Re: The English/French counting system (WAS: number systems fromconlangs)

From:Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>
Date:Monday, September 15, 2003, 22:01
Isidora Zamora wrote:
> Oh, yes. I forgot to mention that Danish also counts one-and-twenty, > two-and-twenty, etc.
How far up do they do that? Do they go all the way to "nine and ninety"? What about "five and twenty and one hundred" for 125? -- "There's no such thing as 'cool'. Everyone's just a big dork or nerd, you just have to find people who are dorky the same way you are." - overheard ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42

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Isidora Zamora <isidora@...>
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