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

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, Mark J. Reed wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:50:15AM -0400, Tristan McLeay wrote:
> > if you subtracted 1990 from the year, you would know what
> > grade/year I was in at primary/secondary school.
>
> You were in first grade in 1991?  Yikes.  Now I feel positively
> ancient.
Grade one, actually (and grade prep the year before). But don't worry:
I've been made to feel old too. My younger brother can't remember 7-digit
phone numbers (about five years ago we changed to 8-digit ones by the
addition of a 9 to the beginning). And various other things besides, too
:(

--
Tristan                  <kesuari@...>

Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still
be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement.
                -- Snoopy