Re: OT-ish: txt - Could it replace Standard Written English?

Staving Tristan McLeay:
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>The *really* confusing thing, though, is is '15 base
>16' fifteen, fifsixeteen /"fIfsaikstijn/, or
>twenty-one? (I like the middle one best, I think (no
>conversions needed but it won't cofuse you with
>fifteen), but its likely to greet me with blank
>stares.) Oh, and is 'one hundred'='100 base 10' or
>'100 base whatever' etc.?
Hex one five, or one five hex, I'm not sure which is usual.
Pete